Digital Strategy 2024-2027

Well-being of Future Generations Act (Wales) 2015

The general purpose of the Act, is to ensure that the governance arrangements of public bodies for improving the well-being of Wales, take the needs of future generations into account.

The Act is designed to improve the economic, social, environmental, and cultural well-being of Wales, in accordance with sustainable development principles.

(a) We must carry out sustainable development, improving the economic, social, environmental, and cultural well-being of Wales.

(b) We must demonstrate use of the 5 ways of working:

• Collaboration
• Integration
• Involvement
• Long-term
• Prevention

(c) We must work towards achieving all 7 national well-being goals in the Act:

• Prosperous

  An innovative, productive and low carbon society which recognises the limits of the global environment and therefore uses resources efficiently and proportionately (including acting on climate change); and which develops a skilled and well educated population in an economy which generates wealth and provides employment opportunities, allowing people to take advantage of the wealth generated through securing decent work.

• Resilient

  A nation which maintains and enhances a biodiverse natural environment with healthy functioning ecosystems that support social, economic and ecological resilience and the capacity to adapt to change (for example climate change).

• Healthier

  A society in which people's physical and mental well-being is maximised and in which choices and behaviours that benefit future health are understood.

• More equal

  A society that enables people to fulfil their potential no matter what their background or circumstances (including their socio-economic background and circumstances)

• Cohesive communities

  Attractive, viable, safe and well-connected communities.

• Vibrant Culture and Thriving Welsh Language

  A society that promotes and protects culture, heritage and the Welsh language, and which encourages people to participate in the arts, and sports and recreation.

• Globally Responsible

  A nation which, when doing anything to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, takes account of whether doing such a thing may make a positive contribution to global well-being.

Wales was the first country to implement a Well-being of Future Generations Act, which provides a shared vision for all public bodies in Wales to work towards. As a public body subject to the Act, we are required to set and publish Well-being Objectives that maximise our contribution to the Well-being Goals.

We have incorporated these Well-being Objectives into the council’s Corporate Strategy, which this Digital Strategy directly aligns to and underpins.

This Digital Strategy, and all subsequent work delivered, aligns to one or more of our 4 well-being objectives: in-turn aligning to the 7 well-being goals for Wales.