Issue - meetings

Officers provided an update to the development of the Joint Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (Draft) and Regional Strategic Equality Plan (SEP), which was a requirement of Corporate Joint Committees.

It was stated that the Chief Executive of the South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee had met with the Commissioner to go through the Strategy; the Strategic Equality Plans of the four Local Authorities had been used to underpin this document.

Members were informed that the version of the Strategy contained within the circulated report was draft, as it required further development; Officers will be keeping in contact with the Commissioner to make sure that they were content with the way in which the Strategy was being developed. It was confirmed that once completed, the Strategy will be brought back to a future meeting for endorsement.

Members welcomed the blending of aspirations of Welsh speakers within the document.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.