What are our current priorities?
| Theme | Activity |
| Regional Connectivity (for North East Combined Authority Digital Leads Steering Group) | Digital Connectivity: Improve access to high-speed fixed and wireless connectivity for homes, businesses and visitors across the region. We will create a shared, evidence-led view of digital connectivity across the region. It will consolidate fixed broadband and mobile coverage information (including on-the-ground survey insight where available) and use mapping and reporting to identify areas with poor service or delivery gaps. The outputs will support coordinated engagement with industry and government, strengthen the case for targeted investment and interventions, and help ensure residents, businesses and public services can rely on robust connectivity. |
| AI (for North East Combined Authority Digital Leads Steering Group) | North East Councils are predominantly following the DSIT innovation opportunities white Paper approach of “Scan”, “Pilot”, “Scale”. We have created and will maintain a shared baseline catalogue of AI activity which will capture current and emerging use cases and show maturity alongside information about governance approaches, skills and training, and relevant resources. The initiative will help partners answer key questions such as: what AI activity already exists, what workforce capability is in place, what training and support is needed, and where there is appetite to collaborate further—for example through shared standards, shared evaluation and shared learning. By strengthening coordination and consistency, the initiative aims to support effective innovation while maintaining public trust, strong information governance and appropriate oversight. |
| Knowledge and Experience sharing | Regional groups looking into – Networks & Infrastructure – Security & ITDR – Development & Application Support – End User Computing & Licensing – Business Change / Programme and Project Management – PSTN Switchover – Benchmarking – Schools – Data – Artificial Intelligence |
| Cyber Resilience / ISNorthEast | WARP Management |
| Northern WARP | |
| National Liaison – C-TAG, NCSC, LGA, MHCLG | |
| UK Government Public Sector Network (PSN) | |
| Local Government Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) | |
| UK Government Defend as One (DAO) | |
| Developing a shared common IT security question library for procurements | |
| CyberNorth | |
| Resilience and recovery | |
| Enabling Safe Business events | |
| Regional IT | Dynamo North East |
| North East Combined Authority | |
| SOCITM North East | |
| North East Combined Authority Digital Leads | |
| Resources | Peer Support and experience-sharing groups |
| Benchmarking | |
| Strategy | 5G innovation |
| Security Operations Centres | |
| Generative AI | |
| Smart city / place strategies | |
| Data | |
| Technology | MS 365 |
| Data platforms | |
| Legacy systems replacement | |
| On-premise versus Cloud |
North Eastern ICT Partnership 