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SMART PEOPLE

Enabling citizens and businesses to flourish in the digital age

SMART WORKING SMART LIVING

SMART STAFFORDSHIRE

WHAT IS SMART STAFFORDHSIRE?

• Umbrella that will help position Staffordshire

at forefront of digital / digital county

• Enabling citizens and businesses to flourish in

the digital age – bolstering the economy, enhancing life and work in Staffordshire, an attractive place for residents and employers to live and thrive

MORE SPECIFICALLY……..

• Raise profile of vast amount of digital activity and

expertise in Staffordshire private and public sectors

• Key part of the Regional Industrial Strategy,
• pening up funding streams to grow current

activities and future initiatives

• Encouraging and rewarding digital enhancement,

coordinating initiatives to maximise outcomes, visibility and impact

SMART PEOPLE SMART LIVING SMART WORKING

• Everyone has the digital

skills to flourish in the digital age

• ‘Digital ready skills’ are a

core part of the school curriculum

• Our FE and HE offer has a

key focus on digital skills

• All employers and

businesses to invest in digital skills

• Digital Leaders and

Ambassadors across Network Staffordshire

• Our digital infrastructure

enables citizens and businesses to flourish

• Citizens have better

health and well-being by being digitally connected

• Digital self and

community help is the default positon for all public services

• Embrace the Government

Digital Service Standards across Network Staffordshire

• A growing and

entrepreneurial digital and technology sector

• Staffordshire is an

attractive place to invest because of our digital

• ffer
• All Staffordshire

businesses are digitally mature and flourish in the digital age

THE CORE THEMES

“Start Somewhere, Go Everywhere”

EXEMPLARS AND EXAMPLES

SMART PEOPLE

• Digital Organisations
• Digital Apprenticeships
• Digital Skills - Formal/informal
• Professional high level training

SMART WORKING

• Digital Innovation Hub
• Stafford Gateway
• Live/Work Spaces
• Digital Cluster

SMART LIVING

• Health awareness/monitoring
• Data Sharing and analysis
• 5G/ broadband infrastructure
• Smart energy grids
• Smart transport networks
• Local authority portals

SMART PEOPLE

1. Smart Organisations

• Network Staffordshire to embrace and embed the principles
• Develop a Digital Leadership Programme across the Network
• Embrace inter-organisational agile and smart working.

2. Digital Apprenticeships

• Digital Apprenticeships and Skills Hub by 2020 to deliver

6,500 new apprenticeships over the next 10 years. (SU) 3. Smart Skills

• Microsoft Digital Skills programme, benefitting schools and

creating digital apprenticeships. (SU)

• Doctoral training programme in Smart energy (KU)

SMART WORKING

Digital Innovation Hub

• Digital Innovation Hub in Stafford and create a space to foster

digital innovation. (SU, SCC) Stafford Gateway

• Build a strong digital offer into the emerging vision for the

Stafford Gateway to exploit the strategic opportunities of HS2. Live/Work Spaces

• Provide modern accommodation and development space

aimed at encouraging collaboration and enterprise for graduates, increasing commercialisation and graduate retention. Digital Cluster

• Develop a thriving and active digital cluster to grow existing

and attract new digital businesses to Staffordshire.

SMART LIVING

Data Analysis/Sharing

• ‘Data Institute’ that will transform our data analytics approach

and a platform for ‘open innovation’. (Phase 1: Staffordshire Police and OPCC) Gamification

• Explore how digital and behavioural science expertise can

help engage hard-to-reach families, e.g. as part of Building Resilient Families and Communities. 5G

• Ensure Staffordshire is an early adopter of 5G to provide a

world class digital infrastructure to underpin smart people, smart living and smart working. Smart energy

• Broaden benefit of City Deal heating Network and Smart

Energy Network Demonstrator. Establish as global leader.

CONNECTING AND ACCELARATING

• 1. Develop and deliver exemplars and examples
• 2. Smart Staffordshire as an umbrella not a programme
• 3. Secure £100k investment from the LEP to part fund a

Smart Staffordshire Team, led by Alun Rogers and hosted by the County Council:

• Programme Lead – 12 month secondment from

partners

• Communications support
• University interns

Staffordshire University Deal

“This is an exciting development for our two organisations but more importantly for everyone in Staffordshire. We are fortunate to have this type of expertise here and look forward to building on this partnership to make this county a global digital leader.”

POSITIONING STAFFORDSHIRE

FIRST 90 DAYS

• 1. Develop and launch 12 month Smart Staffordshire

campaign

• 2. Proactive stakeholder plan locally – Matt Hancock on

the 19th June; Staffordshire Hundred in July; Digital and Tech Sector event in September

• 3. Analyse funding opportunities and agree a pipeline of

bids

• 4. Targeted support to current projects where needed to

accelerate delivery

• 5. Identify connections, synergies and opportunities

NEXT STEPS

• 1. Secure LEP agreement on the 14th June
• 2. Endorsement from Network Staffordshire on

the 28th June

• 3. Recruit and establish team in July and August
• 4. 90 day plan developed by September