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1. ACTION TO FIGHT AGAINST
HIRING DISCRIMINATION IN
THE BRUSSELS CAPITAL
REGION
MY KEY
TAKEAWAYS
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1. Project's description
2. Objectives
3. Partners
4. Obstacles
5. Opportunities
6. Results
7. Link to the study
CONTENT
OUTLINE

3. 1. PROJECT'S
DESCRIPTION
A study of the situation of foreign workers in the Brussels job market and their
integration in the world of work.
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Awareness raising and training campaign on the problem of hiring persons of foreign origin.
Seminars were organised and called:
“Managing diversity: a stake for the company of tomorrow”.
Double objectives:
a) Improving the understanding of discrimination phenomena relative to access to
employment;
b) Raise awareness about the realities of a multi-cultural economy.

4. 2. OBJECTIVES
Turn the challenges of diversity into real opportunities
Exchange different management practices regarding diversity
Analyse the opportunities offered by cultural diversity
Create a positive professional environment
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5. 3. PARTNERS
The Territorial Employment Pact in the Brussels-Capital Region
The Brussels Observatory of the Job Market and Qualification
The Centre for Equal Opportunities and the Fight against Racism
Universities: ULB and KUL
Sectors: CEFORA, FEBETRA, FABRIMETAL (now called AGORIA), FEMARBEL
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6. 4. OBSTACLES
Preference of customers
Arbitrary preference of department heads
Implicit or explicit choice of the personnel manager
Resistance of workers’representatives
Refusal to hire on the basis of negative prior experience
Absence of adequate evaluation of recruiting procedures
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7. 5. OPPORTUNITIES
Existence of unexploited reserves of skills and talents
Creation of a team composed of persons of different origins and
training
Improvement of the corporate image
Preparation of a management of diversity, in view of the
demographic trends of the Region
Mobility in the company and promotion opportunities
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6. RESULTS 30The seminars were attended by
about thirty participants: company
managers, HR managers, members
of work councils and trade unions.

9. 7. LINK TO THE
STUDY / REPORT
Project "ACTION TO FIGHT AGAINST HIRING DISCRIMINATION"
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/innovation/innovating/pacts/pdf/bprat/bruxelles_en.pdf
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10. THANK
YOU!
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