Roscommon County Council launches Digital Strategy

2022-2026

Roscommon County Council launched its new Digital Strategy 2022-2026, which will introduce and embed a digital ethos through the council’s service delivery, enhancing the county’s impact as a great place in which to live and work. The strategy also sets out the council’s strategic goals and objectives and will maximise digital opportunities for the county.

The vision of the Roscommon Digital Strategy is to ensure Roscommon has a thriving and competitive digital economy. The document establishes the overall digital direction of the county and sets out how technology

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will support and enable County Roscommon to grow and develop.

Key to this ambition is connectivity and access to services previously only enjoyed by capital cities. To achieve a thriving digital economy Roscommon County Council will enhance its digital innovation hubs and oversee improvements in its citizens’ digital skills.

Further objectives include the adaptation of appropriate community, economic and cultural digital initiatives and equipping schools with the latest information for teaching. A further ambition is to connect healthcare providers to leading medical centres and patients to global expertise. Other ambitions include a reduction in the costs of public services and the renewal of community engagement in the democratic process as well as strengthening the resilience of the region in dealing with emergencies. The delivery of the strategy in conjunction with the rollout of the National Broadband Plan will see Roscommon securing more sustainable economic growth and greater future prosperity, introducing measures and actions to create and develop a Digital/Smart county.