Annex 8: Terms of Reference for the PSI Working Group on the Position of Minority Ethnic People
The PSI Working Group on the Position of Minority Ethnic People will identify unmet needs and other factors which can cause minority ethnic people to be at risk of social exclusion and within a year of being established will provide recommendations to SSG and Ministers in the form of a cross-Departmental policy and strategy document intended for publication. Where possible the Working Group will seek to anticipate and forestall future problems.
This will require the Working Group to:
- consider
research and other evidence and the views of relevant organisations
outside Government and have particular regard for the views of minority
ethnic people.
- consider
the ways in which the policies and actions of Government Departments,
agencies and NDPBs take account of and impact upon the particular needs
of minority ethnic people
- consider
what policy developments are required across Departments and evaluate
potential solutions
- establish
core principles and aims for responding to the needs of minority ethnic
people so as to reduce the risk that they will become socially excluded
- develop
an integrated strategy of action to be undertaken jointly or by individual
Departments and other organisations over a 3 year period
- agree
mechanisms for co-ordinating action across Departments and for monitoring
progress
- present recommendations to Ministers in the form of a draft policy and strategy document intended for publication
In fulfilling these Terms of Reference the Working Group will take account of relevant legislation and the wider policy environment, including the provisions of the Race Relations Order, of the Equality Obligation of the Northern Ireland Act, the EU Convention on Human Rights, the Good Friday Agreement, and the work of the Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
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