Avaancaa has developed a set of critical guidelines on why, when, and when not to embark on positive action.  Many organisations are still using positive action as a substitute for substantive, main programme changes, and others have not reviewed the bases of their long standing positive action  schemes.  This is marginalisation, and is not what the anti-discriminatory legislation requires.  This increases the risk of legal challenge, and thus setting back the overall organisational equality work.  The guidelines try to ensure that positive action is a last resort; is evidence based;

and that the evidence derives from explicit mainstreaming of equality responsibilities.

Europe.   These action points can be downloaded from the following link:
Race Equality Action Points (Eng.)


Avaancaa can now offer a web design service for  small organisations in the wider public sector.

Avaancaa  has completed a three year contracted European project on behalf of T3E which is  pan European drug policy NGO.  This involved  coordinating the race equality component of a multi-partner  European project aimed at democratising the drug policy making process in  the EC.   Arising out of this Avaancaa has developed a set of race equality action points aimed at ensuring that race equality is an integral and explicit dimension to drug policy and service development in