Venue: Committee Room 1, Civic Centre, Swansea.
Contact: Democratic Services - 636016
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Apologies for Absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors JC Bayliss, VM Evans, ET Kirchner and TH Rees. |
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To receive Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. PDF 30 KB Minutes: In accordance with the Code of
Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, no interests were declared. |
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To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Equalities Committee held on 4 June 2014. Minutes: RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Equalities Committee held on 4 June 2014 be agreed as a correct record |
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UNCRC Implementation Plan - Presentation. Minutes: The CYPSU Team Leader assisted by the Access to Services Team Leader,
provided a presentation on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child (UNCRC) and its impact on the workings and policies of the Local
Authority. The presentation focussed on the following key areas ·
Background to the
adoption of the Convention by the Authority. ·
History of the
Convention ·
Relevant
articles(1-42) ·
Principal and
underpinning articles (2,3,6 & 12) ·
Progress on
implementation including: · Work undertaken to incorporate due regard to the UNCRC
within the current EIA process · Extension of the EIA process to cover the UNCRC
including - age ranges and handy guides · Pilot scheme to
trial the revised process and the resource needs to develop a quality assurance
process for the UNCRC · Training and Rights based practice · Promotion and awareness raising ·
Draft timelines
for Children’s Rights new scheme ·
Expected outcomes
and benefits Discussions centred around
the introduction and adoption of the Convention by the Authority, statutory
responsibilities and duties, the development of polices, training of staff, improved knowledge and understanding of
their rights by young people, roles and responsibility and lifestyle of
families. Members asked questions of the Officers and debated
the content of the presentation. The possibility of the Committee contributing to the
consultation exercise on the new Children’s Rights Scheme in the coming months
and receiving an update on the issues and progress on the Convention in the
future including possible cases studies was discussed. The Chair thanked the
Officers for their detailed and informative presentation. |
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Member Champions (Verbal). Minutes: The Chair and Members of the Committee reported on the recent Swansea Pride and Armed Forces Day Events. |
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Work Plan Timetable 2014-2015. PDF 28 KB Minutes: The Chair presented the revised Work
Plan for 2014/2015. RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted. |
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Next Meeting - Wednesday 30 July 2014. at 5pm. Minutes: NOTED that the next meeting of the Committee was at 5pm on Wednesday 30 July 2014. |