EPTRI is committed to fostering an inclusive culture which promotes equality, values diversity and maintains an environment in which the rights and dignity of all members are respected.
At EPTRI everyone must be treated equally based on their merits and relevant objective criteria, regardless of age, disability status, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, socioeconomic background, political or religious beliefs, or family circumstances including pregnancy, parental status, marriage and civil partnership (Chapter 3 of the EU Charter of fundamental rights on equality). By doing so, EPTRI is ensure equal representation of:
- senior and junior researchers/members,
- female and male members/workers,
- diversity groups.
EPTRI is also engaged in promoting patient and public involvement (PPI) in its activities, which means working in collaboration with patients, caregivers, service users, families, people with lived experience, or the public, in planning, designing, managing, conducting, disseminating and translating research. By integrating PPI representatives/contributors, EPTRI will improve the quality, the value and the impact of paediatric research. By closely collaborating with the TEDDY Network and the young person advisory groups – KIDS Bari and KIDS Albania – EPTRI will ensure the inclusion of patients’ voices and points of view.
Regarding specifically, gender equality, EPTRI drafted a 3-year period plan for the period 2024-2026, with the goal to more closely implement actions and measures to improve its internal gender equality practices, hence, EPTRI’s Gender Equality Plan (GEP) is a programmatic document that looks at the first three years (2024-2026) of the EPTRI AISBL activities with the aim to implement actions and projects to reduce gender asymmetry and, at the same time, allows the enhancement of all diversities.