Equal employs a thematic approach for developing and disseminating new ways to deliver employment policies that combat discrimination and inequality experienced by those attempting to access the labour market.

It employs an approach to tackling these issues based on seven leading principles: Mainstreaming, Partnership, Equal Opportunities, Innovation, Empowerment, Transnational and Thematic.

Equal Brighton & Hove is a Theme A programme: Helping people access the labour market.

The other themes are Promoting opportunities for ethnic minorities (Theme B), Opening business creation to all (Theme C), Strengthening the social economy (Theme D), Promoting lifelong learning (Theme E), Raising the adaptability of businesses and people (Theme F), Reducing gender inequalities (Theme H), Supporting asylum seekers (Theme I). For links to other Development Partnerships working across these themes visit the Ecotec website. For more information about the Equal Programme as a whole, visit the main EU website.