Last month in Brussels project partners reviewed developments in the Diversity@Work project, delivered by the Irish and Estonian Diversity Charters, along with the Aga Khan Foundation in Portugal. In total, 10 European countries (Ireland, Estonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Spain and Portugal) are involved in this project.

All Diversity Charters responded to the survey between October 2019 and February 2020, which sought to identify and gather together practical tools that European Diversity Charters use to reach out to attract new signatory organisations, and support the implementation of Diversity Charters. In addition, the work to develop a blended learning course, to foster a greater understanding of the value of Diversity & Inclusion practices in the workplace is being advanced.

From the 22nd- 23rd of January, partners from the Estonian Human Rights Center, Equality Strategies (Ireland) and the Aga Khan Foundation Portugal gathered in Lisbon in the context of the Diversity@Work project that is co-funded by the Rights, Equality & Citizenship Programme of the European Commission.

 

The core aim of the project is to develop a Charter Implementation Toolkit (CIT), composed of a blended learning course to foster Diversity & Inclusion practices at the workplace, along with  practical tools that support European Diversity Charters reaching out to new signatory organisations and advising the development of their D&I policies and practices.

In total, 10 European countries (Ireland, Estonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Spain and Portugal) are involved in the project.

From the 3-6th of September, 2019 the kick-off meeting for the Diversity@Work project was held in Lisbon, Portugal. Representatives from 9 different European countries (Croatia, Spain, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Ireland and Portugal) took part in the three-day workshop that enhanced the participants knowledge and skills regarding the creation of blended learning materials in the diversity & inclusion context. The meeting served to establish a common understanding of the project deliverables and activities and define next project steps. Furthermore, in preparation for the meeting, all participating partner organisations provided a needs and resources assessment regarding their existing D&I tools. Based on these materials and individual feedback from the different diversity charter representatives, a solid basis was developed for the Charter Implementation Toolkit as well as the blended learning online course.