EQUINET – European Network of
Equality Bodies
2014 Equinet
Annual General Meeting
4 December - Brussels
EQUINET 2014
Moving forward:
Report from the Equinet
Board
Evelyn Collins – Chair of the Equinet Executive Board
THE NETWORK – 41 MEMBERS
Equinet members: Ombud for Equal Treatment, Austria | Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities,
Belgium | Institute for Equality between Women and Men, Belgium | Commission for Protection against
Discrimination, Bulgaria | Office of the Ombudsman, Croatia | Gender Equality Ombudsperson, Croatia |
Public Defender of Rights – Ombudsman, Czech Republic | Office of the Ombudsman, Cyprus | Board of
Equal Treatment, Denmark | Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark | Gender Equality and Equal
Treatment Commissioner, Estonia | Ombudsman for Equality, Finland | Ombudsman for Minorities, Finland |
Commission for Protection against Discrimination, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) |
Defender of Rights, France | Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, Germany | Office of the Ombudsman,
Greece | Equal Treatment Authority, Hungary | Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, Hungary
| Equality Authority, Ireland | National Office Against Racial Discrimination, Italy | National Equality
Councillor, Italy | Office of the Ombudsman, Latvia | Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson,
Lithuania | Centre for Equal Treatment, Luxembourg | National Commission for the Promotion of Equality,
Malta | National Commission for Persons with Disability, Malta | Netherlands Institute for Human Rights,
Netherlands | Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud, Norway | Human Rights Defender, Poland |
Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment, Portugal | High Commission for Immigration and
Intercultural Dialogue, Portugal | Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, Portugal | National
Council for Combating Discrimination, Romania | Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Serbia |
National Centre for Human Rights, Slovakia | Advocate for the Principle of Equality, Slovenia | Council for
the Promotion of Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination on the Grounds of Racial or Ethnic Origin, Spain |
Discrimination Ombudsman, Sweden | Equality and Human Rights Commission, UK – Great Britain | Equality
Commission for Northern Ireland, UK – Northern Ireland
THE NETWORK – A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
Executive Board (2013-2015)
Kosana BEKER
Assistant to the Commissioner for
Protection of Equality
Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Serbia
Evelyn COLLINS
Chair
Chief Executive
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, UK
(Northern Ireland)
Anna BŁASZCZAK
Deputy Director of the Constitutional and
International Law Department
Human Rights Defender, Poland
Michiel BONTE
Head of Service, Discrimination
Department
Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to
Racism, Belgium
István HALLER
Member of the Steering Board
National Council for Combating Discrimination,
Romania
Sandra RIBEIRO
President
Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment,
Portugal
Mari-Liis SEPPER
Gender Equality and Equal Treatment
Commissioner
Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner,
Estonia
Tena ŠIMONOVIĆ
EINWALTER
Deputy Ombudsman
Office of the Ombudsman, Croatia
Néphèli YATROPOULOS
Adviser to the Defender on European
and International Affairs
Defender of Rights, France
Therese SPITERI
Treasurer
Manager
National Commission for the Promotion of Equality,
Malta
2014 Equinet Working Groups and reports
Equality Law in Practice
Communication
Strategies and Practices
Strategy Development
• Positive action measures
• Media library
• Workshops on using values to create a more equal society
• Guidelines for strategic planning
Policy Formation
• Institutional architecture
• Disability (European Disability Strategy)
Gender Equality
• Goods and services Directive (2004/113/EC)
• Harassment and sexual harassment
2014 Equinet Events
Legal seminar on anti-discrimination legislation and jurisprudence
Gender seminar on access to goods and services
Training on LGBTI rights (Stockholm)
Launch of the Equinet Toolkit for MEPs
Gender training on harassment and sexual harassment (Warsaw)
Legal training event on positive action measures (Belgrade)
Annual General Meeting
2014 Other highlights
Ad-hoc initiative on violence against women
Good practice guide on equality bodies making recommendations
Discussion Paper on Equality Bodies and the EU 2020 Strategy
Online Directory of Equality Bodies
Stakeholder engagement
… and last, but not least…
New Equinet Strategic Plan
2015-2018