Wales - Civil Service Race Network

Welsh Government Minority Ethnic Staff Network (MESN)

Established in 2002, the Minority Ethnic Staff Network (MESN) is the network for staff from all minority ethnic backgrounds. The network continues to play a key role in advising the Welsh Government and promoting diversity and equality across the organisation.

As a network, our aims are threefold:

• Internal: We support our members in building their confidence, achieving their career goals and challenging discrimination. We work in conjunction with

HR to run a holistic Leadership Programme for minority ethnic (ME) staff at all levels and are working with other networks to raise awareness of issues affecting ME communities. • Organisational: We promote the visibility of inspirational role models across

Welsh Government, raise awareness of racial discrimination and diversity issues, and encourage inclusivity and equality of opportunity. We advise the organisation on good equality practice, including employer duties, policy development and service delivery, and contribute to policy gateway reviews and impact assessments as appropriate. • External: We build positive relationships with ME colleagues across the public sector in Wales and the UK, in addition to working with both internal and external networks.

We have more than 70 members from across the organisation and a very active community of supportive allies.

If you want to contact the network please email MinorityEthnicStaffNetwork@gov.wales.

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