Project Partners

Created and developed by the Dublin Employment Pact, Equal at Work is a Dublin-wide initiative involving 48 partner organisations from the public, private and community & voluntary sectors in a pioneering attempt to develop new and more inclusive models of recruitment and in-work progression.

Because of the scope of the Project, and the desire to achieve meaningful and lasting change, a broad range of partners was essential. From the start it was an aim of the DEP that the partners themselves would develop, implement and mainstream the changes. It was, therefore, essential that key organisations in each of the three labour market sectors form the core of the partnership – due to its size and complexity, this DP took almost two years to establish.

The partners involved in this DP now include statutory agencies, local authorities, trade unions, employer organisations, partnership companies, training institutions, community organisations and local development agencies:

Local Authorities:
Dublin City Council
South Dublin County Council

Statutory Agencies:
Dublin City Enterprise Board (DCEB)
Local Government Management Services Board (LGSMB)
Dept. of Social and Family Affairs

Trade Unions:
Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
IMPACT
SIPTU

Employers and employer organisations:
Small Firms Association (SFA)
South Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Gandon Enterprises (Rehab)
Tallaght Hospital
Keeling’s Distribution Ltd.
Dublin Port Company
Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU)
Northside Business Network

Local Partnership Type Companies:
Tallaght Partnership
Northside Partnership
Clondalkin Partnership
Dublin Inner City Partnership
Finglas/Cabra Partnership
Blanchardstown Area Partnership
KWCD Partnership
Southside Partnership
Rural Dublin LEADER Company
Ballymun Job Centre
Tallaght LES

Training institutions/organisations:
National Training and Development Institute (NTDI)
Irish Management Institute (IMI)
Dublin City University (DCU)
FÁS (head office)
FIT: Fastrack into Technology Ltd.
National College of Ireland (NCI)
Eastern Vocational Enterprise Ltd. (EVE)
Local Authority National Partnership Advisory Group (LANPAG)

NGOs/community organisations:
Co-operation Fingal
Forum of People With Disabilities
Exchange House Travellers Service
The Linkage Programme
Merchants Quay Ireland
Focus Ireland
St. Michaels House Inclusive Recruitment
Partas Ltd.
Pavee Point Travellers Centre
South Inner City Community Development Association (SICCDA)
Integrating Ireland
Fingal Community Forum
Tallaght Welfare Society

The Equal at Work DP also includes a small number of associate partners i.e. organisations who have become involved in specific aspects of the Project’s work during its lifetime. These include:
Eastern Regional Health Authority
Health Service Employers Agency