Smart Synergies Between Government and Private Sector (PID039)

3.30pm – 5pm ICT, 25 February 2025 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins

Roundtable Workshops

The presentation refers to all four themes of the conference with a specific focus on the “planning “ challenge. This will be shown during the different planning-layers how public sector-private sector are interacting for a better outcome.With the construction of new prisons, there are various disciplines contributing to the alignment of these with operations, users’ purposes and also the sustainability for the future.
Architecture, Construction, Environment, Operational technology (OT) including security and internal processes, ICT services (IT), facilities and maintenance, etc. These disciplines are too
often separate processes. Integration from the start is a must, to be able to realize a “smart“ prison. Afterwards it is too late.
With recent realizations of Private Public Partnerships (PPP), it has become crystal clear that the synergy between these disciplines is an enormous added value for the final delivary. For this, a
far-reaching cooperation, an interaction between private partners and the public stakeholders (on behalf of the Government, Agency... ), with a client-driven approach is crucial. This challenge can only be achieved with an initial solid planning and an equally challenging implementation track.
In the tender and before the start of the project, the Governmentsets the primary requirements through a functional output specification. The Public Sector wants to be more efficient, more focused on reintegration but also cost-efficient and facilitating in the internal processes for the staff. A better safety and interaction is required. Dynamic security, also in a smart prison! How to keep the balances? How to install a flexible operating and future-proof prison with the use of innovative technology.
Security and operational technology are permanent features, but how can these make a prison smart with a responsible use of the information technology? Smart at the cutting edge of IT and OT.
Safety is paramount, but with further integration of IT, OT can give more space to user-friendliness of internal processes, more self-reliance for prisoners and better support of the staff.