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The Next Re-Generation
Making it so
Stephen DodsonNational Director – DC10plusAdviser to CLG Digital Inclusion Policy Team
The DC10plus collaboration grew out of the Government’s Digital Challenge competition. The network links urban and rural authorities.
DC10plus Founder Members:
• Birmingham & Shropshire
• Bristol• Ealing• Hull• Manchester• Milton Keynes• Norfolk• Nottingham• Stratford-upon-Avon• Sunderland
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DC10plus
The DC10plus Inclusion Network
Expanded to:
•850 members drawn from public, private, third, academic and think tank sectors.
•Forefront of discussion on digital inclusion and innovation.
•Influenced policy and supported new projects for example the 198 NI ‘tool-kit’
•Gives an opportunity for practitioners to exchange ideas, good and next practice examples on how technology can be used to tackle social, economic and environmental issues.
DC10plus is championing a forward looking, citizen focused agenda for ICT.
EducationJobsHealthcareCivic ParticipationCarbon Reduction
It is neither morally acceptable nor economically sustainable to leave millions of people behind, unable to use Information and Communications Technologies to their advantage,"
"In today's society, access to information by all citizens is a right as well as a condition for prosperity.
Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. 30/11/07
DC10plus is leading the way nationally and regionally to create a digitally inclusive society, where everyone has easy access to ICT skills, hardware & fast connectivity - and feels confident and at ease in the digital world“Digital technologies impact on almost every aspect of modern society, creating huge social benefits. They can improve how we work, how we are entertained, how we communicate with each other, the healthcare available to us, and how information and knowledge can be brought together and used for our benefit. We now take for granted the technologies that give us these new opportunities. Our lives have been transformed by technology”.
Right Hon Paul Murphy MP – October 2008
http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/
digitalinclusion/
‘Out-of-the-loop’
11% don't have a mobile phone
27% don't yet have a digital TV, and 26% of those who do, have non-interactive forms of Digital Terrestrial TV
33% of UK households don't have a home computer
39% of adults in the UK don't use the internet
23% of children have never accessed the internet from home and 29% lack such access
47% - “do not want to, do not need to or have no interest”
The Drivers for new approaches to Digital Regeneration
Economic Opportunity
Social Inclusion
Service Delivery
Environmental Opportunity
Service Delivery
‘Citizen centric’
• ensuring that public services are centred on the needs and experiences of citizens
• encouraging integration and responsiveness to the diverse needs of citizens - to be achieved through cross sector collaboration.
‘Transformational Government’ - Varney
Economic opportunity
Benefits of €35-85bn over five years could be generated if society would be made more inclusive, websites more accessible and broadband internet made available to all EU citizens.
£130 billion+ of UK business conducted over the Internet (2006)
7 out of 10 businesses communicate with customers via their website
17 million adults manage their finances online
50%+ of online 16-24 year olds use social networks
6.1 million ‘residents’ of Second Life
20.4 million UK homes have digital TV
Britons send 1billion text messages every week
Environmental Opportunity
“If we develop and apply ICT badly, it could add to the world’s problems. It could devour energy and accelerate climate change, worsen inequality for those who do not have access and increase pollution and resource use by encouraging ever more frenetic consumerism.
If we apply ICT well, the rewards could be enormous. It could help to enhance creativity and innovation to solve our problems, build communities, give more people access to goods and services and use precious resources much more efficiently.
We have the capacity - through our decisions on how we produce, buy, use and apply ICT - secure enormous social and economic benefits. These might include energy savings through monitoring and managing energy use, creating more efficient transport systems, reducing travel needs through electronic commerce, video-conferencing and other forms of electronic transactions. Producing fewer physical products that consume finite resources and increasing interaction between people and organisations”.
Forum for the FutureMarch 2007: Connected ICT and sustainable development
Social Inclusion - falling through the net
An estimated 22% of the population (11.3M) people are socially excluded
They suffer three or more disadvantages such as:
• Unemployment• Living in workless households• No qualifications• Social housing• Overcrowded• Poor mental health• Poor health• Living alone• Lacking consumer durables or enduring financial stress.
HOW MUCH !! - £57.7Billion a Year
The Three C’s
CC
C
onnectivity
apability
ontent
It really isn’t about the technology, it is about effective and collaborative
partnership
Private Sector
Voluntary & Community Sector
Social EnterpriseCitizen need & Citizen need & Consumer DemandConsumer Demand
• Housing providers
• Local authorities
• Businesses• Health
services• Education• GO’s• RDA’s
• Shared understanding and intelligent application of technology
• Grass roots collaboration & social innovation
• How to embed sustainability, innovation & environmental issues
• Increased capacity building across sectors
• More effective and efficient use of shared resources
This approach gives us…
A shared vision for radical change
Focused work streams for delivering Digital Inclusion
Independent Living Community Capacity Building
Digital Switchover
Flexible Working and ICT
Digital Environment and Green ICT
Next Generation Broadband Access
Regional Engagement & Connected Neighbourhoods
Leading the way
Digital Inclusion as a driver:
Public service transformationHealth Business OpportunitiesNext Generation Access
Provides opportunities:SkillsEducation Employment
Innovation and leadership for the rest of the country
Building Digital Britain through inclusion.
CommunitiesBuildingCapacity
DigitalSwitchover & Convergence
Flexible Working &Worklessness
Next GenConnectivity
IndependentLiving
Digital Environment
• A fully interconnected community
• A thriving economy • Greater choice of service and how
those services are delivered
• 24/7 service response
• Learning and creative individuals and communities
• Active civic engagement and good governance
• A cleaner, greener, safer environment
Connected communities means transformed lives