The journey towards setting up AROS – Anti-Racism Interim Governance Group
Context
The Anti-Racism Interim Governance Group (AIGG) for the future Anti Racism Observatory for Scotland was established in 2022 and carried out a programme of community research using participatory methods between Oct 2022 and June 2023. Documents relating to this work are available below. Reports and documents from the work are available below in the way they had originally been uploaded on the old website, AIGG, Community Research pages; if you prefer to access documents there, please visit the archived page.
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Community research report
This gives you a detailed overview of what we did during the research process, and what the AIGG found. Document title: ‘The Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland: Community Research Report’.
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Community research Executive Summary
This gives you a summary of AIGG research methods, findings and key recommendations. Document title: ‘Community Research Summary: Co-designing an anti-racism body for Scotland with adversely racialised communities – The views of adversely racialised communities’.
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Community Briefing
This shows how the community research findings map into the recommendations of the AIGG. Document title: ‘Community Briefing Paper: Co-designing a new anti-racism body in Scotland with adversely racialised communities – How communities are helping to shape the new Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland’.
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Signposting document
This puts this community research into the context of work that has been done by the AIGG and more broadly, the anti-racism work that been happening in Scotland over the past 20 years. Document title: ‘The Anti-Racism
Observatory for Scotland – A summary: What we have done and where we are now’.
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AIGG Vision and Mission
This document explains the Vision and Mission of the AIGG, who commissioned this research. Document title: ‘The Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland Vision and Mission’.
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Policy Briefing
This document is designed to give policymakers an overview of the findings and recommendations from the community research. Document title: ‘Policy Briefing Paper: Co-designing a new anti-racism body in Scotland with adversely racialised communities – How communities are helping to shape the new Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland’.
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Inception Structure and Model
This outlines the modified structure and model for the Anti-racism Observatory for Scotland after the Minister reviewed the AIGG’s recommendations in September 2023. Document title: ‘The Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland: Revised structure and model, after a review
by Ministers’.
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Structure and Model (initial)
This outlines the initial structure and model of the Anti-racism Observatory for Scotland recommended by the AIGG (June 2023). Document title: ‘The Anti-Racism
Observatory for Scotland Structure and Model’.
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Developing an accountability process
This summary gives overview of a trial of a process in order for AROS to hold Government to account for action or lack of action on anti-racism in Scotland. Document title: ‘Building anti-racism into how we hold public
institutions to account: A review of how the Scottish Government holds itself to account on race equality. Led by the Anti-Racism Interim Governance Group (AIGG)
and supported by the Permanent Secretary’.
The documents above have been enhanced for accessibility with a “Plain English Translation” in August 2024. The documents below were the original documents uploaded by the AIGG in September 2023.
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Community Briefing
This shows how the community research findings map into the recommendations of the Anti-racism Interim Governance Group (AIGG). Document title: ‘Community Briefing Paper: Building competent andBuilding competent and effective anti-racismeffective anti-racism infrastructure in Scotlandinfrastructure in Scotland – Co-designing with racially minoritised communities in Scotland for the proposed Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland: a new antiracism policy oversight and accountability infrastructure.’.
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Policy Briefing
This document is designed to give policymakers an overview of the findings and recommendations from the community research. Document title: ‘Policy Briefing Paper: Building competent and effective anti-racism infrastructure in Scotland. Co-designing with racially minoritised communities in Scotland for the proposed Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland: a new anti-racism policy oversight and accountability infrastructure’.
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Community research Executive Summary
This gives you a summary of our research methods, our findings and key recommendations. Document title: ‘Executive Summary: Co-designing Effective Anti-Racism Policy Infrastructure. Using participatory action research methods to engage with racially minoritised communities about the proposed Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland’.
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Signposting document
This puts this community research into the context of work that has been done by the Anti-racism Interim Governance Group (AIGG) and more broadly, the anti-racism work that been happening in Scotland over the past 20 years. Document title: ‘The Anti-racism Observatory fo Scotland: Summary & Signposting Report’.
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Developing an accountability process
This summary gives overview of a trial of a process in order for AROS to hold Government to account for action or lack of action on anti-racism in Scotland. Document title: ‘Contributing to systemic change through building anti-racism into reporting and accountability mechanisms : a review of process within Scottish Government.’.
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Community research report
This gives you a detailed overview of what we did during the research process, and what we found. Document title: ‘Co-designing Effective Anti-Racism Policy Infrastructure: Using participatory action research methods to engage with racially minoritised communities about the proposed Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland’.