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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
STAFFING AND RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE
FOR DECISION

Title: 		CNPA GENDER AND RACE EQUALITY SCHEMES:
		3 YEAR REVIEW

Prepared by: 	Kate Christie, HR Manager
		Elspeth Grant, Social Inclusion Officer

Purpose

The purpose of this paper it to review the CNPA’s Gender Equality Scheme (GES) and Race
Equality Scheme (RES) after three years and set new priorities for action. This is a statutory
requirement for CNPA, to show how we are promoting equality of opportunity and
eliminating discrimination in the work we do in delivering the Park Plan and as an employer.

The new Schemes will be published on 29 June 2010.

Recommendation

The Committee is requested to:

a) Acknowledge the progress made on implementing the GES and RES Action Plans
in the past 3 years. (Annex 1 and Annex 2 respectively)

b) Agree with the additional actions being proposed in the GES and RES (2010-13)
that build on the previous Action Plans.

c) Note the requirement for a Single Equality Scheme covering seven equality
strands which comes into force in 2011. Guidance from Equality and Human
Rights Commission (EHRC) on specific Public Sector duties will be forthcoming
in December 2010.

Executive Summary

The CNPA published its first GES in June 2007 and RES in November 2007 and must be
reviewed every three years. CNPA have reviewed the Schemes in consultation with staff
and Inclusive Cairngorms, the CNPA’s equalities advisory forum. The Annexes attached
acknowledge the actions which have been achieved, highlighting those that need to be ongoing
and embedded into CNPA’s day to day operations, and suggests new actions which
have been identified from evidence gathered and building on what has already been
achieved.