EQUAL funds activities implemented by strategic
partnerships. These are called Development Partnerships
(DPs) and operate within the thematic fields. Development Partnerships
bring together interested actors, with relevant competence,
to co-operate in the development of integrated approaches to
multi-dimensional problems. The partners work together to identify
the factors leading to inequality and discrimination in the
labour market. They pool their efforts and resources in pursuit
of innovative solutions to jointly defined problems and common
goals.
Development Partnerships
are either geographical partnerships or sectoral partnerships.
Geographical partnerships bring together relevant actors in
a given geographical area, for example a city, a defined rural
area, a local authority area or a travel-to-work area. Sectoral
partnerships cover particular economic sectors or industries.
If justified, they may relate to one or more specific group
amongst those subject to discrimination or inequality.
The Northern
Ireland EQUAL Project Directory can be obtained in
electronic format from PROTEUS (PDF File on CD).