Greenwich smart city strategy

Greenwich
Smart City Strategy
1.15 To achieve this, the Council’s digital strategy focuses on four key elements, which form the main
chapters of this report. These are:
- Smart Neighbourhoods and Communities
- Infrastructure for Change
- An Innovative and Smart Council;
- Economic Growth and Higher Value Jobs.
1.16 But, as implied above, we need not only to achieve excellent outcomes in each of the elements,
but also ensure they have a coherence and synergy, such that the whole is greater than the
sum of the parts. To ensure this, the Council has established a small team, Digital Greenwich,
reporting directly to the CEO to help establish a modern digital infrastructure; promote a
more dynamic local economy; work with local stakeholders to transform local communities;
exercise a horizon scanning function to identify new opportunities to innovate, and facilitate
a more integrated approach to service delivery, working closely with the Council’s policy and
service delivery teams and potential sources of innovation, to place Greenwich at the forefront
of public service innovation and good practice. This is a journey – for both the Council and the
Borough – which will be measured and transparent, the key milestones of which are set out in
the concluding chapter, “The Way Forward”.
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