ESF Project
Engaging Diversity is an ‘Equal’ programme project, which is an initiative funded through the European Social Fund. The Equal programme tests and promotes new means of combating all forms of discrimination and inequalities in the labour market, both for those in work and for those seeking work.
Equal operates across 9 main themes that embrace the four pillars of the European Employment Strategy (employability, entrepreneurship, adaptability and equal opportunities). The themes cover issues such as supporting potential for ethnic minorities at work and promoting lifelong learning and inclusive work practices. Equal funds activities that are carried out by strategic partnerships called Development Partnerships (DPs) with each DP addressing one thematic field. The theme for the Engaging Diversity Development Partnership is:-
Theme F: Supporting adaptability of firms and employees to structural economic change and the use of information technology and other new technologies.
The Equal programme also encourages participation and transnational co-operation through partnership building across five priority areas which are closely focused on key issues of concern in Britain. The programme helps to develop good practice that can enhance the delivery of mainstream UK and Structural Fund activity.
For more information please visit the Equal programme website.
