Create or import a directory of all your policies and procedures. Record which department is responsible for which Equality Impact Analysis. Here you can record both policies and services, although some clients use the system as a policy management tool in addition to a specialist Equality Impact Analysis tool.
Organisations are able to replicate their paper based Equality Impact Analysis procedures online. Our question builder tool enables you to create multiple Equality Impact Analysis forms or use just one organisational template. It also enables the organisation to customise which protected characteristics it will impact assess. Lastly a vital component of the system is the ability to add online guidance notes for users, so you can coach staff through the process.
It is imperative that Equality Impact Analysis are not carried out as an exercise in compliance. Decisions and findings need to be acted on. The Action Planner makes sure that good intentions are acted on, a calendar and reminder system enables the organisation to plan and monitor its workload.
Impact Assessment are often a team effort and the system enables users to share work and ask for feedback from colleagues. The version history tool enables the organisation to see who has worked on the system.
The system has a wide variety of reporting tools which enable the organisation to see the progress of each department within the toolkit. Reports can be produced that show the status of every impact Assessment.
