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Economic and Social Development – 1998

The Good Friday Agreement outlined a broad economic and social reform agenda. In particular, the accord aimed for policies promoting sustained economic growth and community development in Northern Ireland. To achieve these initiatives, the accord required the British government to come up with measures that needed to be taken for employment equality, including a new regional development strategy, in Northern Ireland for the Assembly to consider.

In terms of promoting employment equality, the Northern Ireland Act (1998) also provided for the establishment of the Equality Commission, which became operational on 1 September 1999.¹“The Good Friday Agreement: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland,” BBC News, May 2006, accessed January 21, 2013, http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/agreement/equality/equality…