Compendium of practices for equality data collection

The Compendium of Practices on Equality Data covers practices on different discrimination grounds and areas of life in which discrimination, inequality and exclusion can occur. The compendium is linked to the Guidelines on improving the collection and use of equality data and aims to provide inspiration and practical examples on how to implement them. Read more >>

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  • Discriminatiecijfers in 2017
    Country:
    Netherlands
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Align definitions/classifications and categorisations, Improve comparability, Ensure regular and timely data collection
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Disability, Gender identity or expression, Racial or ethnic origin, Religion or belief, Sex, Sexual orientation, All grounds / Cross-cutting
    Since 2016, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the National Police and the National Association of Municipal Anti-discrimination Services have been publishing figures on discrimination incidents registered by the police and complaints received by equality bodies in one online report. This brings together, presents and contextualises the data from several institutions dealing with discrimination complaints in different contexts. It also explains the relations and differences between the relevant datasets.
  • Nationaler Diskriminierungs- & Rassismusmonitor (NaDiRa)
    Country:
    Germany
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Carry out user needs assessment, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Ensure representativeness, Ensure regular and timely data collection
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Gender identity or expression, Racial or ethnic origin, Sex, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    The National Discrimination & Racism Monitor aims to examine the causes, extent and consequences of racism in Germany. The project intends to provide an effective tool for monitoring racism by combining quantitative, qualitative and experimental methods.
  • Παρατηρητήριο Καταπολέμησης των Διακρίσεων
    Country:
    Greece
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Foster inter-institutional cooperation, Build up data hub, Build institutional capacity, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Align definitions/classifications and categorisations
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Disability, Gender identity or expression, Racial or ethnic origin, Religion or belief, Sex, Sexual orientation, All grounds / Cross-cutting, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    In 2011, the Greek National Centre for Social Research set up the Observatory on Combating Discrimination to collect and disseminate equality data, support the evaluation of non-discrimination policies and promote the exchange of good practices in the country.
  • Country:
    Croatia
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Foster inter-institutional cooperation, Build up data hub, Build institutional capacity, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Mainstream equality data, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Enhance validity and reliability, Ensure representativeness, Improve comparability
    Ground of discrimination:
    All grounds / Cross-cutting
    The Croatian Ombudsman’s annual report is prepared annually and is based on complaints received, fieldwork and desktop research and data collected from several hundred stakeholders. It contains an analysis of administrative data (complaints) on discrimination concerning all grounds stated in the national Anti-Discrimination Act, joint statistics from three special ombuds institutions and a comprehensive overview of the types of citizen complaints received, along with descriptions of the most prominent cases and the outcome of the Ombudsman’s work on the subject. Along with an analysis and assessment of the status of protection of human rights and freedoms in Croatia, the report contains recommendations for removing systematic shortcomings and irregularities and an assessment of the degree to which the competent bodies have implemented earlier recommendations.
  • Encuesta sobre percepción de la discriminación en España: encuestas 2013 y 2016
    Country:
    Spain
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Improve comparability
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Disability, Gender identity or expression, Racial or ethnic origin, Religion or belief, Sex, Sexual orientation, All grounds / Cross-cutting, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    In 2013 and 2016, the Spanish Institute of Women and for Equal Opportunities carried out two comprehensive surveys on the perceptions of discrimination and anti-discrimination policies, experiences of discrimination and attitudes towards minority groups among the general population in Spain. A comparative report on both surveys was released in 2018.
  • Inquérito piloto às condições de vida, origens e trajetórias da população residente em Portugal
    Country:
    Portugal
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Collect information on self-identification, Ensure regular and timely data collection
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Racial or ethnic origin, Religion or belief, Sex, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    Statistics Portugal developed a small-scale pilot survey on the origins, trajectories and living conditions of the resident population by the end of 2021. Since Statistics Portugal had no experience in collecting data on ethnic origin in official statistics, a pilot survey was designed and data collection was carried out.
  • Country:
    Spain
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Mainstream equality data, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Improve comparability
    Ground of discrimination:
    Racial or ethnic origin, Sex
    The study’s main goal is to gain insight into how potential victims perceive racial or ethnic discrimination and how this has evolved over time in terms of extent and intensity, and to identify the areas, circumstances and specific manifestations of discrimination, with a special focus on the field of employment and training for employment. Employment and training are of particular interest, as this is one of the areas where higher levels of discrimination were detected in the latest editions of this report.
  • Pretest eines Fragenmoduls zu subjektiven Diskriminierungserfahrungen in der SOEP-Innovationsstichprobe 2020
    Country:
    Germany
    Guidelines:
    Operational guidelines, Mainstream equality data, Ensure regular and timely data collection
    Ground of discrimination:
    All grounds / Cross-cutting
    In 2020/2021, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) conducted a comprehensive pretest of a question module on self-reports of discrimination in various areas of life. The aim was to prepare the module for the inclusion in the core sample of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
  • Country:
    Belgium
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Build institutional capacity, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Mainstream equality data, Enhance validity and reliability, Ensure representativeness, Improve comparability, Mainstream intersectional approach
    Ground of discrimination:
    Age, Racial or ethnic origin, Sex, Includes multiple / intersectional discrimination
    Actiris, the Brussels Regional Employment Office, developed a study to understand specific barriers facing job seekers by monitoring their national origins, and mechanisms of discrimination on the basis of origin and sex.
  • Country:
    Croatia
    Guidelines:
    Institutional and structural guidelines, Build up data hub, Build institutional capacity, Facilitate effective use, Operational guidelines, Ensure comprehensiveness, Mainstream equality data, Ensure regular and timely data collection, Enhance validity and reliability
    Ground of discrimination:
    All grounds / Cross-cutting
    The project consisted of producing detailed regional and thematic analyses of the specificities of the position of Roma in several areas of life, which were drafted, published (in Croatian, Romani and English) and presented at five thematic national conferences. In addition, it included activities aiming to address the baseline data research results in the area of education as well as capacity-building activities for implementing the national plan for Roma inclusion (NPRI) at regional and local levels. Throughout the project cycle, Roma representatives have been closely involved and the activities undertaken gave special attention to Roma women, youth and children.