ROTA's strategic aims
ROTA has identified seven strategic aims for future activities. These relate to our function and role as a national social policy think tank.
These strategic objectives help to determine the focus and desired outcomes of all our project activities and outputs, and the emphasis of future plans:
- Provide evidence-based, high quality policy development focusing on race equality and equality for BAME groups in the UK and internationally
- Provide voice and representation of issues affecting BAME communities and the third sector that serves them
- Pilot and research new ideas in order to demonstrate new BAME and equality-led models, opportunities and emerging good practice for the benefit of BAME groups and the sector that serves them
- Work with government and other bodies (locally, regionally and nationally) to ensure that BAME and equality issues and interests are represented and heard
- Broker relationships between policy makers and BAME communities and their sector, and help build bridges and partnerships among different agencies and across sectors
- Build the capacity of BAME organisations to engage in policy and research and help develop the skills of their workers through training and skills development programmes
- Facilitate networks, coalitions and partnerships that enable BAME and equality organisations to communicate with each other, work together and share best practice with the ultimate goal of influencing policy and practice

