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Standards-based governance of commercial and pre-commercial procurement can enable sensible adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve public service delivery.  
Blog post by David Kershaw and Warren Smith, from the Cyd team. 

We want to double the daily use of Welsh by 2050. That’s a big ambition, so we’ve got big plans. Technology’s a huge part of this and this guidance will help us all get there.

A new blog from Carl Thomas, WG Procurement Reform Stakeholder & Policy Lead, that puts context to the changes that are coming everyone’s way. 

James Taylor, Delivery Manager behind Cyd, rounds up where we are and most importantly where we’re going, as we continue to work at delivering a procurement centre of excellence for Wales. 

In August 2023 WLGA took an innovative and radical step, stripping out the procurement content from the new-look WLGA website.

Helen Rees, Head of Procurement and Contracting with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, spoke about what was initially a hopeless journey to bolster her struggling team with an additional procurement officer.

Following an initial test period with the Cyd community, we’re ready for the Beta launch of the development website to support Wales’ procurement and commercial professionals 

An Alpha report has now been completed, the executive summary published and we now have agreement to extend the project to the end of March to continue delivery.
Blog by David Nicholson.

The need for public sector organisations to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 grows more urgent with each passing day. Public sector organisations have a responsibility to lead by example.
Guest blog by Theo Bishop, Newport City Council.

We’ve been talking to Liz Lucas, Head of Customer and Digital Services at Caerphilly County Council about the role of procurement in supporting public service delivery.
Interview with Liz Lucas