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GovTech Catalyst Challenge

Meeting: 28/04/2021 - Regeneration Scrutiny Committee (Item 7)

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To consider the report of the Team Manager Regeneration Opportunities.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to report of the Team Manager Regeneration Opportunities.

 

The Team Manager presented the report which provided an update on progress of the GovTech Catalyst project, which was a £20m fund from Government Digital Services, UK Government to work with suppliers to solve public sector problems using innovative digital technology.

 

The Council’s Regeneration Department put forward a number of project ideas to GovTech Catalyst team and in 2018, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (BGCBC) was invited to form a collaboration to work on this with Durham County Council (DCC) to work on a project entitled “Intelligent data to transform local council service delivery”.  The project would look at how existing assets, like the Council’s vehicles, could be utilised to support and improve how we deliver our services. 

 

The Officer went through the report and highlighted points contained therein.

 

In response to a question raised by a Member, the Team Leader confirmed that the technology could be deployed on any vehicle, including the Council’s recycling and refuse vehicles.

 

A brief discussion ensued when the Officer confirmed that there would be opportunity to tweak the technology in the future to address other issues.

 

The Committee AGREED to recommend that the report be accepted and the progress of the project be noted, and a further report on the outcome of the project be provided.