Groups and Committees

Intellect-Socitm Local Government Supplier Forum

At a glance: The group has been set up to represent members operating in the local government market, and aims to identify areas of common interest in the local government sector and supplier community. The group examines a number of issues ranging from the governance and structure of local government and personalisation of services to the impact of the green agenda on local government.

Chair Patrick Smith IBM Biography

Chair Stuart Mitchenall Tandridge District Council Biography

Meeting dates 

• 10/09/2009 - Intellect-Socitm Local Government Supplier Forum: Re-use of Public Sector Information
• 18/11/2009 - Intellect-Socitm Local Government Supplier Forum: e-government 10 years on

Focus: established in April 2004, Socitm (the Society of Information Technology Management) is the professional association for ICT managers working in and for the public sector. The society fosters closer working and better understanding between the Local Government community and industry suppliers in the local government marketplace. Soctim’s activities range from quarterly briefings from key local government players (which involve organisations from supplier and local government communities), to smaller scale, non-commercial activities, such as joint lobbying. A Management Committee, which consists of Intellect and Socitm representatives, is responsible for taking forward the work of the Supplier Forum. http://www.socitm.gov.uk/

Key focus areas:

• identify areas of common interest between the Local Government community and the supplier community, e.g. educational events, joint approaches to particular policy areas, etc.
• agree how work on particular issues can be taken forward in a practical way
• act as a channel for ideas and issues from the different constituencies involved, feeding these to bodies such as the Socitm National Council  

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Winner of the Local Government IT Excellence Awards 2007

Winner of the Local Government IT Excellence Awards 2006

Intellect programme for suppliers to the local government market (PDF 172KB)

Intellect Socitm local government supplier forum Charter (PDF 267 KB)

Presentation Library (members only)