Employability Thematic Network Equality

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Employability Thematic NetworkEquality
Diversity Training

• Key Findings of Questionnaire

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Background Objectives

• Establish What activity has been planned by
  Employability projects in the area of Equality
  Diversity Training
• Establish whether or not there is a critical mass
  to work on a collective basis within the network
  on Equality/Diversity Training
• Identify target groups to be trained
• Identify type and mode of training
• Identify sources of accreditation

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Level of Response

• 11 projects where surveyed!
• 10 projects responded!!
• Response rate 90.9!!!
• This tells us that most projects within the
  pillar will be involved in some form of
  Equality/Diversity Training intervention.

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Target Groups

• Emphasis on training at either end of the labour
  market continuum
• (participant
• /Employer)
• Why is training targeted at service providers low?

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Number of Days Allocated for Training

• Participant disproportion-ately high
• Low number of days allocated to employers
  despite their high engagement
• Again Service providers low

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Type of Equality/Diversity Training
 
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Mode of Delivery
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Accreditation of Training

• Participant 4/10
• Service providers 3/10
• Employers 2/10
• 2 Projects identified potential accreditation
  bodies NCCRI/FETAC

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Employability Thematic NetworkJoint Activity in
Area of Equality/Diversity
All projects are interested in co-operation
regarding the development of training
interventions. 8/10 projects said they were
interested in co-operative approaches to the
development of tender documentation to secure
trainers 9/10 projects said they were interested
in co-operative approaches for procurement of
training services - pooling resources