This dissertation is an interdisciplinary study on the role of national Equality bodies and the European Network of Equality bodies in Europe. It aims at estimating the link between networking of the Equality bodies and Europeanization in the field of equality promotion. It is possible to develop a common approach to equality promotion in the EU in two ways - legal harmonisation and Europeanization. By considering the case of the Baltic Sea Region this book shows that being the outcomes of harmonisation, the national Equality bodies and their networking can lead to Europeanization in equality promotion. The research contributes to the significant gap in the academic debate about the Equality bodies, and to the debate on policy networks in the EU. Moreover, it also shows that the unique nature of the Equality bodies and their networking are significant contributors to the movement from fragmentation in the approach to Equality promotion towards a common European approach.