[ Cork City Council - Annual Report 2020 ]
• eGovernment and digitising public services
companies and creative groups and citizens made Cork Heritage Open Day, Culture Night and other events a successful, if different, experience while also opening up a number of the attractions of the city to a whole new, on-line, audience. The innovative use of new technology, together with the reach and flexibility afforded by the website helped support the democratic mandate of the Council in the preparation of a new City Development Plan. A new site was developed, rich in content and integrated to provide an opportunity to submit observations on the different aspects of the plan as well as two webinars to deliver on the public consultation imperative. • The programme of website development continued with new sites completed for the Museum, Elizabeth Fort, Old Cork Waterworks Experience and Cork Bike Week. • An enhanced Web Assistive Technology for the council’s suite of websites was introduces including functionality for a number of people with disabilities including visual impairments, dyslexia and hyperlexia. • The website was a key to the provision of timely Covid-19 related information to both the public and staff throughout.
• scaling up renewable energy solutions and energy-efficiency
• innovative education and training for up-and re-skilling
Additional goals such as digital placemaking; connected services; open data; supporting SMEs, resilience and recovery post Covid-19 will also be addressed.
Digital Strategy
Cork City’s Digital Strategy has been restructured following Covid-19 and was approved at the Full Council meeting in September 2020. It is a 3-year Strategy with the following themes including: Citizen engagement, Climate action; Digital skills, Open data, Support services, Infrastructure and Governance/Leadership.
IT@Cork Benchmarking
ICT conducted the benchmarking exercise on behalf of the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis for IT@Cork. This was analysed and IT@Cork has subsequently been awarded an international bronze label accreditation for cluster excellence.
Intelligent Cities Challenge
Cork City Council has been selected as a Core City to participate in the European Union’s Intelligent Cities Challenge. As a Core city, Cork City Council will receive high-quality and tailored guidance and training to plan for large scale change. The ICC initiative brings together 126 cities to achieve intelligent, socially responsible, and sustainable growth through advanced technologies. Cork City will explore a number of broad areas of interest through this programme:
• enhancing citizen participation and community
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