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SMART STAFFORDSHIRE Enabling citizens and businesses to flourish in the digital age SMART SMART PEOPLE LIVING SMART WORKING

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, opening up funding streams to grow current activities and future initiatives • Encouraging and rewarding digital enhancement, coordinating initiatives to maximise outcomes, visibility and impact

THE CORE THEMES SMART SMART SMART PEOPLE LIVING WORKING Everyone has the digital Our digital infrastructure • • A growing and • skills to flourish in the enables citizens and entrepreneurial digital digital age businesses to flourish and technology sector • ‘Digital ready skills’ are a • Citizens have better • Staffordshire is an core part of the school health and well-being by attractive place to invest curriculum being digitally connected because of our digital offer • Our FE and HE offer has a • Digital self and key focus on digital skills community help is the • All Staffordshire default positon for all businesses are digitally All employers and • public services mature and flourish in the businesses to invest in digital age digital skills Embrace the Government • Digital Service Standards • Digital Leaders and across Network Ambassadors across Staffordshire Network Staffordshire

“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

POSITIONING STAFFORDSHIRE 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.”

FIRST 90 DAYS 1. Develop and launch 12 month Smart Staffordshire campaign 2. Proactive stakeholder plan locally – Matt Hancock on the 19 th 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 14 th June 2. Endorsement from Network Staffordshire on the 28 th June 3. Recruit and establish team in July and August 4. 90 day plan developed by September