Equality and Diversity Corporate Advisory Forum

Reports by the Moray Council, the Moray Council Education and Social Care and the Moray Licensing Board for 2015 in respect of the Specific Public Sector Equality Duties can be accessed by going to Equalities - Public Sector Duties.

The Equality and Diversity Corporate Advisory Forum is the Moray Council’s internal advisory body on equal opportunities. It advises the Moray Council’s corporate management team and the communities committee about existing and future laws from the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the European Union and the Council of Europe on matters relating to equal opportunities and human rights.

The Equality and Diversity Corporate Advisory Forum oversees the Moray Council’s compliance with the public sector equality duties. In particular, the forum ensures that

• Equality Impact Assessments are carried out appropriately and correctly as part of all the Moray Council’s activities. View the Council’s Equality Impact Assessments.  The “Brown Principles (PDF)” on due regard, based on case law can be found here.
• Equality Outcomes are published every four years and reported, along with the mainstreaming report, annually.
• When commissioning or procuring services the council must ensure that any contractors appointed are capable of complying with the public sector equality duties, understand their obligations and meet the duty in practice. It must also have due regard to whether the award criteria should include considerations to enable it to better perform the equality duty.

Equality and diversity is relevant to all the Moray Council’s services. The membership of the Equality and Diversity Corporate Advisory Forum reflects this and represents the following departments/services:

Elected Members
Chief Executive’s Office
Legal and Democratic services
Human Resources
Environmental and Commercial Services
Economic Growth and Development
Housing and Property
Education
Health and Social Care Moray