Strategic thinking on equality and mobility

Becoming a Party of Choice: a Tool for Mainstreaming Diversity

Presentation by Alex KIRCHBERGER, MPG

Our approach

Parties as social entitiesParties as social entitiesthe diversity and equality

measures they advocate are just as relevant and applicable to their internal operations as to

society as a whole

Parties as social entitiesParties as social entitiesthe diversity and equality

measures they advocate are just as relevant and applicable to their internal operations as to

society as a whole

EnhancingEnhancing the credibility the credibility and quality of democracyand quality of democracy

•Reflecting society’s diversity•Promoting integration and role models•Bridging the gap between citizens and the body politic

EnhancingEnhancing the credibility the credibility and quality of democracyand quality of democracy

•Reflecting society’s diversity•Promoting integration and role models•Bridging the gap between citizens and the body politic

Consulted actors

Project’s Advisory Council

• Patrick Lozès (France), Founder and President of

the Representative Council of Black Associations of

France

• Mekonnen Mesghena (Germany), Head of the

Migration & Diversity Department at the Heinrich

Böll Stiftung

• Seema Malhotra (UK), Director of the Women’s

Network of the Labour-linked Fabian Society

Consulted actors

Political parties at national level

France

United Kingdom

Germany

Political actors at European level

A couple of definitionsA couple of definitions

People with a migrant background

• All legally-residing nationals of

countries outside of the EU and their

descendants (including those who are

naturalised)

• All EU nationals born outside the EU

or with at least one parent born

outside the EU

Diversity and Equality Data

• Citizenship

• Citizenship of parents

• Place of birth

• Place of birth of parents

The party of choiceThe party of choice

Basic level

• Recognising the need

• Adapting rules

• Making statements

Lower intermediate level

• Translating intentions into actions

• Collecting data

• Setting up monitoring instruments

Upper intermediate level

• Becoming an inclusive organisation

• Using data to set targets

• Proactive recruitment

• Proving training and support

• Mainstreaming principles across procedures

Advanced level

• Reflecting society’s diversity

• Diverse membership

• Giving equal chances to candidates with a migrant

background

• Diverse staff at all hierarchical levels

• Diverse pool of suppliers

Using the benchmark

• Stocktaking of what parties do to integrate diversity and

equality principles in their functioning

• Formulate detailed plans for organisational change

• Benchmark against parties of the same and different

orientations

Using the benchmark: internal vs external reviews

reviewed self-assessment

EN: http://migpolgroup.org/benchmark/politicalparties_en.htmlFR: http://migpolgroup.org/benchmark/french/politicalparties_fr.htmlDE: http://migpolgroup.org/benchmark/german/politicalparties_de.html

Acting on equality and mobility

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