Learnings from the piloting of indicators for the mandate and independence of equality bodies

Equinet’s Project on Standards for Equality Bodies has been a driver for engagement with the European Institutions on proposed EU-level legislation aimed at strengthening the role and independence of equality bodies. The proposed legislation would do so by setting minumum standards on how equality bodies operate in all grounds of discrimination and areas covred by EU equality rules.

As part of this project, Equinet used the practical experience and expertise of equality bodies to develop indicators to measure compliance with standards for equality bodies, which could contribute to measuring adherence to the standards. The present the report summarisies and evaluates the learnings from the piloting of indicators on the independence and the mandate of equality bodies across the European Union.