MANAGING ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

At a recent concluding seminar held in Brussels and coordinated by Federazione Autonoma Bancari Italiani (FABI), it was stressed that anti-discrimination practices should come more to light on the place of work.  The Malta Union of Bank Employees – MUBE partnered eight other European Banking Unions which were invited to attend workshop and training sessions with the intention of testing levels of knowledge and approach seeking best practices in managing anti-discrimination at financial institutions.  For this concluding session, the employers present for the roundtable discussions where represented by the Diversity managers of two global Banks through UNICREDIT Austria and HSBC Group Malta. This project was funded by the EU – Director General - Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.

The project aims at the activation on the ECVET network in order to set ground and create realistic opportunities to apply the ECVET in the BIF sector which employees more then 6 million people in Europe. It clearly addresses the need, as stated in the ECVET consultation document, of "a system whereby people can follow through the process of qualification while moving from one learning context to another. ECVET thus aspires to be an information exchange tool to help individuals take full advantage of learning acquired, in particular as a result of transnational mobility, whether the context was formal, non-formal or informal."