Aberdeen City Council, GB
Unitary Authority dans l’État Scotland
United Kingdom
Aberdeen City Council, GB supports inclusive offices with Reasonable Adjustment Passports
Council members will work with the trade union GMB and the city's Disability Working Group on the program's design. Employees can share documented impairments and medical conditions through their digital RAPs. Supervisors adapt workspaces, schedules, and assignments based on passport information. The program facilitates information sharing between departments as employees change roles. Aberdeen will conduct extensive staff training and education efforts during RAP implementation.
Aberdeen City Council, GB
United Kingdom
Aberdeen City Council, GB builds its own social care portal using Microsoft Dynamics 365
Eighty percent of child and adult social care case data were in separate systems prior to the portal's creation. The council's social workers developed a system for centralized case documentation and management. Aberdeen City Council plans future artificial intelligence and machine learning integrations for early interventions. The social care portal builds on council collaboration with Microsoft on cloud-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aberdeen City Council, GB
United Kingdom
Aberdeen City Council, GB launched an online simulator where citizens indicate their priorities
Aberdeen City Council's Community Planning Aberdeen (CPA) launched a special online simulator which calculates citizens values. Users are given 500 virtual points which they must allocate across improvement projects in five different categories. The distribution of these points indicate each user's priorities and this information helps the city develop its Local Outcome Improvement Plan.
Aberdeen City Council, GB
United Kingdom
Aberdeen City Council, GB launched the GoAbz journey planner mobile app
Aberdeen City Council launched the GoAbz journey planner mobile app to encourage walking and cycling. The GoAbz app includes information on travel times and costs by vehicle to help residents and visitors better plan and price their journey around Aberdeen. The GoAbz app also offers alternative transportation suggestions including cycling, walking, and using public transit. The Council developed the GoAbz app to facilitate sustainable urban mobility via digital technology.
Aberdeen City Council, GB
United Kingdom
Aberdeen City Council, GB guarantees apprenticeship interviews for care-experienced young people
Aberdeen City Council created a new policy to reduce barriers to employment for care-experienced young people. According to the permanent agreement, any care-experienced young person, between the ages of 16 and 24, applying for an apprenticeship role at Aberdeen City Council will be guaranteed an interview. The Council is also developed support mechanisms for these individuals including an information portal which provides access to advice on internships, careers, education, volunteering, etc.
Aberdeen City Council, GB
United Kingdom
Aberdeen City Council, GB partnered with bp to collaborate on decarbonised energy solutions
Aberdeen City Council partnered with bp experts in low carbon energy systems to help the Council reduce local carbon emissions. According to the agreement, bp will serve as the planning and technical adviser in the delivery of the Council's Energy Transition Strategic Infrastructure Plan. The partnership will involve collaboration on decarbonised energy solutions designed to help the Council meet its goals stated in the recently-approved Net Zero Vision to become a climate positive city.
Aberdeen City Council, GB
United Kingdom
Aberdeen City Council, GB installed intelligent lighting system with remote dimming and monitoring
Aberdeen City Council installed an intelligent lighting system which can be controlled, dimmed, and monitored remotely. The project included 3,500 controllers which were retrofitted to existing LED street lights and added to new LED lamps throughout the region. The units are part of a configuration management system connected to the cloud which allows for smart remote solutions. Remote dimming and monitoring allows the Council to reduce energy costs and increase the efficiency of repairs.
Aberdeen City Council, GB
United Kingdom