To improve is to change: delivering 21st century public services
By Calum Handforth, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Fellow’s Profile
To improve is to change: delivering 21st-century public services
Improving public service delivery for the future by encouraging the use of technology
2015
I am an adviser at the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development.
I have led innovation, digitalisation and smart cities programmes across the UK, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia-Pacific. I have also worked on advising and scaling tech-driven enterprises, including start-ups focusing on secure networks and connectivity, digital identity, and safety and security. I have drafted and led legislation, policy and strategy to rollout smart cities, delivered connectivity programmes (3G, 4G and 5G pilots), and explored Internet-of-Things-related projects. I have also led the development of service delivery initiatives such as chatbots, digital identity projects and digital inclusion programmes. I have worked in local and national government, strategy consulting and international development.
I am also Co-Chair of the Digital Infrastructure Taskforce, part of the World Economic Forum's G20 Working Group on Smart Cities, and a panel member of the Mayor of London's Infrastructure Advisory Panel.
By Calum Handforth, 2020
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By Calum Handforth, 2020
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.