Ombudsman for Equality

Quotas and the equitable principle

One of the key aims of the Equality Act is to ensure that women and men can participate in planning and decision-making processes in different sectors of society on an equitable basis.

The 40 per cent quota provision shall be applied to

• Government committees, advisory boards and working groups, among others
• municipal bodies and bodies established for the purposes of intermunicipal cooperation, excluding municipal councils.

Quotas in state administration
Quotas in municipal administration

The Equitability Provision

The equitability provision shall apply to

•  executive and administrative bodies of agencies and institutions
•  companies in which the Government or a municipality is the majority shareholder
•  bodies of indirect public administration exercising public authority. Bodies exercising public authority are, for example, pension institutions, chambers of commerce and private educational institutions.