Programmes

London's Chief Digital Officer has set out key priorities for the 2021 to 2024 Mayoral term.

These are:

• Digital Connectivity
  Connected London improves gigabit connectivity across the city by working with boroughs and telecommunications providers. Since 2017 digital connectivity in London has vastly improved from 4 per cecnt of the city had gigabit speeds to 88 per cent and all new developments are required to have a full fibre connection from now on.

• City Data
  Data for London is rebuilding the London Datastore to enhance access to and use of data for the benefit of the city and its residents. It is steered by the Data for London Advisory Board. Important London data services delivered by the platform are the Planning Datahub, the Infrastructure Mapping Application and the Cultural Infrastructure Map.

• Open Innovation
  Challenge LDN is a city open innovation service for impactful solutions to city problems with the tech sector. Since 2018 there have been 24 open innovation challenges delivered and 76 projects/pilots supported and 38 challenge winners.

• Digital Inclusion
  The Digital Access for All mission following the pandemic aims to ensure every Londoner is to have access to good connectivity, basic digital skills and the device or support they need to be online by 2025. Find out more about the Get Online London Service, delivered by Good Things Foundation and the London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI).

• Participation
  Talk London - often referred to as City Hall's online community - is a civic engagement platform launched by the Mayor of London in 2012. Talk London helps City Hall policy teams engage with Londoners through surveys, discussions and idea generation activities. Bringing Londoners’ voices into City Hall helps policy teams make better policies and programmes.

• Ethics
  London’s Emerging Technology Charter sets practical and ethical guidance on the trialling and deployment of smart technologies in the city.

• Collaboration
  The London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI), based at London Councils, fosters joint innovation projects with boroughs, with a track record of over 60 projects since 2019. See the latest Evaluation Report of the London Office of Technology and Innovation.