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Diversity Unit
Measuring impact in EO&D
Fiona Bartels-Ellis
Head of Equality and Diversity
British Council
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About the British Council UK’s international cultural relations body 110 countries, 8 regions Funding: govt grant (28%), earned income
(English and exams) and managing contracts Around 7,000 staff – 6,000 locally contracted 3 core areas of work –Arts, Education and
Society and English
Purpose - to create international opportunities for the people of the UK and other
countries and build trust between them worldwide.
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Our approach to EO&D
Sexual identity
Work-lifebalance
DisabilityGender
Religion or beliefEthnicity
Age
Arts
Education and society
English
A process not an event
Achieving impact for the UK
BusinessBusiness
LegalLegalMoralMoral
mainstreamingmainstreaming
Aligned to our values
Supporting Inclusion & Human Rights
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Our Diversity Strategy
3 main objectives Fostering inclusion
Growing leadership and capability
Performance, impact and legal compliance
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Measuring performance and impact
Equality monitoring Equality Screening and Impact
Assessment EO&D index in staff survey *Diversity Assessment Framework*
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The DAF in detail Bespoke tool to drive and evaluate
progress 10 mandatory indicators split across
Essential and Good Practice levels Optional Best Practice level Mix of assurance statement and
evidence Moderated scores confirmed by
small team
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What’s measured, counts Essential
Recruitment and deployment; Induction: Job requirements, Working environment; Leadership
Good Practice Working culture; Stakeholders; Contracted
services; Equality monitoring; Delivery
Best Practice (optional) Holistic approach (7 areas and whole-country);
External leadership and impact
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The process
Webinars / Detailed guidance Good examples on intranet Submission through online portal
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Roles and responsibilities DAF Coordinator – explain/coordinate All staff – offering relevant evidence Regional Lead - support/peer assessment HR Leads and Country Directors/ Managers
– to sign relevant assurance statements Self assessment panels inc relevant external
– to confirm assurance statements and help select strongest evidence
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The DAF journey Moved from 5 level cumulative tool Moved from all evidence to combination of
limited evidence and signed assurance statements
Amended to reflect organisational maturity & to support and strengthen mainstreaming
Moved from annual to bi-ennial submission Still learning
http://www.britishcouncil.org/daf_book.pdf
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Success measures
Strengthened mainstreaming based on evidence coming through
Achievement targets – organisational Engagement with others – Nigeria Recognition – Mauritius, Uzbekistan
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