Reviewing the Local Digital Declaration 5 years on: Update on the discovery project
This month marks a key milestone for the Local Digital Declaration as it reaches its fifth anniversary, and we’ll be celebrating throughout July.

UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
Laying the foundations for better local public services
This month marks a key milestone for the Local Digital Declaration as it reaches its fifth anniversary, and we’ll be celebrating throughout July.
In this blog post, we want to celebrate our highlights from the fourth anniversary of the Declaration and share stories that we’ve heard from the community
It’s been one year since the Local Digital Declaration was published. The Local Digital Collaboration Unit at MHCLG reflect upon the achievements so far, and how their future work can further deliver upon the promises and principles of the Declaration.
We ran a discovery workshop on 12 February with 10 municipal digital leaders, Bloomberg Associates and Socitm to understand how we might better network and support them. Read the summary, the full event log and what we’re planning as a result.
145 signatories of the Local Digital Declaration committed to projects that work towards better outcomes for citizens through digital. All of these commitments have now been published on the Local Digital website.
Hosted by techUK, this co-design workshop invited tech suppliers and vendors to explore different areas of response to the Declaration. See the progress made at the event by each working group and the planned next steps.
The Local Digital team is delighted to announce that since its launch in July, the Local Digital Declaration has had senior sign-off from 86 organisations.
The Local Digital Team outline the benefits of signing up to the Local Digital Declaration and give guidance on making a commitment. Also, they share what they’ve learnt since launching the first iteration of the sign up service.
It’s been an epic week for our budding #LocalDigital Collaboration Unit (LDCU). Wednesday saw the culmination of 6 months of workshopping and text drafting with hundreds of collaborators to launch […]