Greater Brighton Economic Board
Digital Action Plan April 2021 – DRAFT
|
Thematic area |
Action |
Who |
Timescale |
|
Full Fibre |
● GBEB to continue supporting the multimode delivery model ● Support the work of the West Sussex Digital Leads Group ● Publish an aggregated dataset of public assets across GBEB & West Sussex for telecoms market |
● GBEB ●
GBEB ● EC / All LAs |
● Ongoing ●
Ongoing ● Sept 2021 |
|
5G |
● Undertake granular mobile coverage analysis ● Engage with mobile operators on 5G futures ● Deliver the Brighton 5G outdoor test bed |
● All LAs ● Digital Leads ● BHCC |
● Dec 2021 ● Oct 2021 ● Sept 2021 |
|
Public Connectivity: Citizen WiFi |
● Launch the Citizen Wi-Fi model in Worthing ● Conduct user research for Citizen Wi-Fi with retailers, businesses, shoppers and visitors in different places across Greater Brighton ● Work education partners to look at how you get digital inclusion and learning opportunities into the high-street ● Identify small rural pilot site & funding |
● A&W ●
Digital Leads/
All LAs ● Invite open ● EC |
● Sept 2021 ●
Dec 2021
● Oct 2022 ● Oct 2022 |
|
Internet of Things |
● Commission a study to develop an IoT Strategy for the City Region, to incorporate open data standards and data privacy standards. Run digital session with energy & water teams to explore opportunities (fibre and sensors) |
● Universities |
● Mar 2022 |
|
Business |
● Discovery workshop with Business Hothouse delivery partners and other business support programmes, mapping digital/innovation needs of businesses against infrastructure being delivered by the Digital Strategy |
● GBEB / Business Hothouse |
● Nov 2021 |
|
Retail |
● Engage retailers in the Citizen Wi-Fi rollout ● Invite digital retail specialist to present on trends and opportunities |
● A&W
● EC |
●
Dec 2021 ● Dec 2021 |
|
Visitors |
● GBEB to create an area level group to explore an integrated destination strategy (include digital experts) ● Create a strategy for digitally enabled Greater Brighton visitor experience |
●
GBEB ● TBA |
●
Sep 2021 ● Sep 2022 |
|
Transport & Environmental Monitoring |
● Identify transport leads from each GBEB authority ● Run a smart transport discovery event for lead officers
|
● GBEB ● GBEB Support
|
● June 2021 ● Jan 2022
|
|
Work and Skills |
● Build capability in Economic Development teams, starting with gap analysis (links to business section above) |
● GBEB Support
|
● Mar 2022 |
|
Health & Social Care |
● No local action recommended at this stage ● Develop national business case for the development of OpenCommunity community service directory data standards to drive integration between health, social care and community sector organisations |
● A&W with existing partner authorities |
● Jan 2022 |
|
Digital Inclusion |
● Develop a report for a future board on digital inclusion provision at each local authority, specifying funding levels, providers, numbers reached, future plans |
● GBEB Support |
● Mar 2022 |