Digital Greenwich is the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s in-house team, created to develop and take forward Greenwich’s smart city strategy, and lead its work on city innovation. The existence of a dedicated team, reporting directly to the Chief Executive, ensures focus and sufficient weight is given to bringing forward new ideas, new technologies, and new approaches to address the challenges Greenwich faces, and in particular, to address the increasing pressure on infrastructure, services, the environment and communities.
The team’s remit is ‘citywide’ innovation, extending beyond the traditional transformation of individual Council services, to issues that encompass how the borough functions and can better support the lives of its residents, businesses and visitors. This is particularly relevant to Greenwich, a part of London that is itself undergoing significant transformation from rapid population growth and new developments alongside the economic, demographic and social challenges affecting cities worldwide.
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Digital Greenwich works alongside DG Cities, a Council owned Innovation Company set up in 2015. DG Cities’ brings additional expertise and allows the Council to work in more innovative ways with private sector and other partners. Its remit extends beyond the borough boundary, which enables it to use the experience gained working elsewhere. The expertise of DG Cities in applying technology in cities is also sought by others, enabling the Council to capture the value from its work. Together Digital Greenwich and DG Cities have helped establish Greenwich as a leader in smart city innovation. More information on the work of DG Cities is available at dgcities.com.
