Issue - meetings

[To approve the Digital Wolverhampton Strategy]

1.      That the Digital Wolverhampton Strategy be approved.

2.      That minor amendments to the strategy be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Digital City in consultation with the Director of Strategy to approve.

Councillor Obaida Ahmed presented for approval a new Digital Wolverhampton Strategy which had been developed through engagement with the Digital Wolverhampton Partnership and other key stakeholders.  It set out the vision and aims for digital in Wolverhampton acting as a framework to update the city's current Digital Infrastructure Strategy. It also supported innovation in delivery of services, growing the digital economy and supporting residents to access job opportunities as well as addressing the digital divide.

Resolved:

1.    That the Digital Wolverhampton Strategy be approved.

2.    That minor amendments to the strategy be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Digital City in consultation with the Director of Strategy to approve.