Greater Manchester Equalities and Human Rights Conference

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Greater Manchester Equalities and Human Rights
Conference

• Date Thursday 11th June 2009
• Time 930 300pm (including lunch)
• GMCVO and MCCR are working in partnership to
  showcase their Equalities and Human Rights (EHRC)
  projects 2008-9
• GMCVO has established the Greater Manchester
  Equalities and Human Rights Parliament and, at
  the conference, will be launching its position
  statements on
• The Equality Bill
• Commissioning
• Community engagement/cohesion
• MCCR has worked with public sector agencies and
  the voluntary and community sector and will
  report the role and importance of the public
  scrutiny and accountability
• Participants will be able to attend a choice of
  workshops providing the opportunity to learn and
  debate. Workshops will cover the following
  themes
• The Single Equality Bill key developments
• Understanding Human Rights
• Pan Equality working working better together
• Importance of Scrutiny and accountability what
  role for the community

Supported with funding from the Equality and
Human Rights Commission