Annex 9: Terms of Reference for the PSI Working Group on the Needs of Travellers
The Working Group will consider factors which can cause Travellers to be at risk of social exclusion and develop an integrated strategy of policy and action to tackle them.
This will require the Working Group to:
- identify
and develop an understanding of the problems and their causes experienced
by Traveller adults and children
- consider
the ways in which the policies and actions of Government Departments,
agencies and NDPBs take account of and impact upon the particular needs
of Travellers. This includes consideration of the effectiveness of existing
policies which should be developed and areas where things could be done
differently
- consider
what cross-Departmental policy developments are required and establish
broad principles and aims for responding to the needs of Travellers
and the types of action required to implement these
- develop
an integrated strategy of action to be undertaken jointly or by individual
organisations over the period 2000-2003
- identify
mechanisms for co-ordinating action across Departments and for monitoring
progress
- present recommendations to Ministers in the form of a draft policy and strategy document intended for publication.
In fulfilling these Terms of Reference the Working Group will take account of relevant legislation, the wider policy environment, research evidence, the views of service providers and relevant statutory and voluntary organisations. It will have particular regard for the views and experiences of Travellers.
Within one year of its establishment, the Working Group will make recommendations to SSG and Ministers in the form of a policy and strategy document intended for publication.
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