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Calendar 2025

2024 saw exciting developments in the equality field, with the adoption of two Directives on Standards for Equality Bodies, and Equinet and its members played a crucial role in facilitating some of the discussions and raising the importance of the issue. Equinet will continue to work with our partners and will pursue and establish new and strong relationships, advocating for Equality Bodies and furnishing evidence to EU legislators of the need for strong standards and ways to monitor compliance.

The Equinet Work Plan 2025 outlines all activities planned for the upcoming year structured along main areas, in particular:

  • Standards for Equality Bodies
  • Exploring new and current Equality Trends
  • EU Equality Strategies
  • Developing equality law and the role of Equality Bodies
  • Relationship management, network development, and governance

    • For further information on any of the events, please consult our Work Plan 2025.


    All times displayed are Brussels/CET for online events and local times for in person events.

    FEBRUARY

  • Workshop: Towards a new EU Action-Plan against Racism: Learning from the work of Equality Bodies: 5 February (online)

  • Follow-up: Training – Practical & Ethical Issues Surrounding the Use of AI in Communication: 13 February (online)

  • Workshop series: Engagement with UN mechanisms: UN treaty bodies and following up cases on racism: 18-19 February (online)

  • Standards camp: Utilising Equinet outputs to ensure an effective transposition: 25-26-27 February (Krakow, Poland)

    • MARCH

  • Webinar #1: Equality by design: Empowering Equality Bodies and civil society on the interface between technical standards and legal requirements: 12 March (in person, location TBC)

  • Workshop #1: Standards for Equality Bodies: Strategies, tools, and best practices: 18 March (online)

  • Webinar #2: Equality by design: Empowering Equality Bodies and civil society on the interface between technical standards and legal requirements: 19 March (online)

    • APRIL

  • Training: Alternative dispute resolution: 9-10 April (in person, location TBC)

  • Webinar #3: Equality by design: Empowering Equality Bodies and civil society on the interface between technical standards and legal requirements: 29 April (online)

    • MAY

  • Leadership for Equality Hub Workshop: 8-9 May (in person, location TBC)

  • Webinar: Equality Bodies ensuring LGBTQI+ Equality: 15 May (online)

  • Study Visit: Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value: How to conduct a gender-neutral job evaluation?: 20 May (Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Workshop #2: Standards for Equality Bodies: Strategies, tools, and best practices: 28 May (online)

    • JUNE

  • Equinet Conference: 25 Years of Equality: Milestones, Challenges, and Horizons: 11 June (Brussels, Belgium)

  • Equality Bodies enabling equal access of Roma people to education: 20 June (online)

    JULY

  • Training: How to develop and use effective equality indicators, including indicators for measuring effectiveness and impact of Equality Bodies’ work: 1-2 July (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

    SEPTEMBER

  • Training: Communicating in hostile environments: hate speech, polarization, misinformation, and politicisation of equality: 11-12 September (in person, location TBC)

  • Training: Tackling hate speech in the times of disinformation and social media: 11-12 September (in person, location TBC)

  • Seminar: Addressing challenges and opportunities posed by AI for persons with disabilities and older persons: 16-17 September (in person, location TBC)

  • Workshop #3: Standards for Equality Bodies: Strategies, tools, and best practices: 23 September (online)

  • Workshop: The EU Directive on violence against women and domestic violence: Equality Bodies’ role in focus: 30 September (online)

    • OCTOBER

  • Equinet Annual General Meeting: 7 October (Brussels, Belgium)

    • NOVEMBER

  • Workshop: How to do legal assessment of AI discrimination cases: 6-7 November (online)

  • Study Visit: Together for Equality, stronger for all: Access to justice by Equality Bodies: 17-18 November (in person, location TBC)

    • DECEMBER

  • The disproportionate impact of climate change on vulnerable communities: 3 December (online)

    • Expert groups meetings

    Staff members of Equality Bodies will continue to meet within their Working Groups or Clusters. Working Groups meet throughout the year to discuss topics related to Gender Equality, Policy Formation, Equality Law, Communication Strategies and Practices, Research and Data Collection, and Artificial Intelligence. Currently, there are ongoing Clusters on Disability, Age, and Climate & Equality. Equinet staff and Members are also involved in the Project on Standards for Equality Bodies.

    Learn more about Equinet's expert groups.

    Communication strategies and practices Working Group

  • 3 April (online)
  • 10 September (in person, location TBC, in conjunction with the Policy Formation Working Group meeting and Training: Communicating in hostile environments: hate speech, polarization, misinformation, and politicisation of equality)

    Equality law in practice Working Group

  • 11 April (in person, location TBC, in conjunction with Training: Alternative Dispute Resolution)
  • 28 October (online)

    Gender equality Working Group

  • 21 May (Lisboa, Portugal, in conjunction with Training & Study Visit: Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value: How to conduct a gender-neutral job evaluation?)
  • 30 September (online, in conjunction with Workshop: The EU Directive on violence against women and domestic violence: Equality Bodies’ role in focus)

    Policy formation Working Group

  • 26 March (online)
  • 10 September (in person, location TBC, in conjunction with Communication Working Group and Training: Tackling hate speech in the times of disinformation and social media)

    Research and data collection Working Group

  • 30 June (Ljubljana, Slovenia, in conjunction with Training: How to develop and use effective equality indicators, including indicators for measuring effectiveness and impact of Equality Bodies’ work)
  • 17 October (online)

    • Artificial Intelligence Working Group

  • 11 March (online)
  • 17 September (in person, location TBC, in conjunction with Seminar: Addressing challenges and opportunities posed by AI for persons with disabilities and older persons)

    • Climate & Equality Cluster

  • 15 April (online)
  • 4 December (online, in conjunction with Seminar: The disproportionate impact of climate change on vulnerable communities)

    • Age Cluster

  • 17 September (in person, location TBC, in conjunction with Seminar: Addressing challenges and opportunities posed by AI for persons with disabilities and older persons)

    • Disability Cluster

  • 17 September (in person, location TBC, in conjunction with Seminar: Addressing challenges and opportunities posed by AI for persons with disabilities and older persons)

    • Standards Project

  • 28/05 (online, in conjunction with Workshop #2: Standards for Equality Bodies: Strategies, tools, and best practices)
  • 23/09 (in person, location TBC, in conjunction with Workshop #3: Standards for Equality Bodies: Strategies, tools, and best practices)

    • Equinet Governance

    Each year the General Assembly of members meets at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in order to discuss and take decisions on important issues such as the annual Work Plan, financial statements and activity reports, and adhesion of new members. Every two years, the General Assembly also votes on the Executive Board elections. The Executive Board meets once per quarter to discuss and take decisions on the development of strategic visions for the network, as well as governance issues, such as the development and implementation of yearly work plans.

    Executive Board Meetings

  • 27 March (online)
  • 12 June (Brussels, Belgium, in conjunction with Equinet Conference: 25 Years of Equality: Milestones, Challenges, and Horizons)
  • 9 September (online)
  • 9 December (online)

    • Annual General Meeting (AGM)

  • 3 June (online) - Extraordinary General Meeting. Adoption of Accounts 2024 and Changes to the Membership Fee system

  • 7 October (Brussels, Belgium)

    • During the 2025 AGM, there will be the Board Election and right after the meeting the new elected board will briefly meet to appoint the new Chair.