Municipalities - Mayor Haase for municipal transformation center
The Lord Mayor of Mainz, Nino Haase, can imagine a kind of experimental laboratory for more digitalization in local government in the state capital. A municipal transformation center where things could be tried out would be conceivable, the non-party politician told the German Press Agency in Mainz. "As the state capital, we can lead the way."
It is becoming increasingly difficult for local authorities to find sufficient and qualified staff - and this in the face of major challenges. Mainz alone will have to fill around 6,000 positions by 2035 - "a mammoth task", said Haase. The city is growing, but the administration has not grown to the same extent in recent years. Against this backdrop, parts of the administration need to be mechanized. Artificial intelligence (AI) can take over tasks in one place or another. This would relieve the burden on staff, who could then devote more time to housing or business development, for example.
Haase would like to see more cooperation across municipal boundaries in the area of training skilled workers. In the biotechnology sector, for example, which is so important for Mainz, there is a lack of laboratory technicians, said the mayor. The entire surrounding area could benefit from cooperation.
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- In the Rhineland-Palatinate region, where Mainz serves as the state capital, Mayor Nino Haase envisions the creation of a municipal transformation center to facilitate digitalization in local government, serving as a pioneering example for other municipalities.
- The German Press Agency reported that Haase, the non-partisan mayor of Mainz, recognized the growing challenges faced by local authorities in finding adequately skilled and qualified staff, with the city needing to fill approximately 6,000 positions by 2035.
- Partnering with neighboring municipalities could potentially address the shortage of specialized lab technicians in the biotechnology sector, which is vital for Mainz's economic growth, according to Haase, who advocated for increased cross-regional cooperation in workforce training.
- In the spirit of digitization, Haase suggested that implementing AI technology in select areas of local administration could help alleviate the workload of municipal employees, allowing them to focus on key sectors like housing and business development.
- To further explore the potential of digitization in municipalities, the state capital of Mainz could serve as an experimental laboratory to test innovative digital solutions and share best practices with other German municipalities, as proposed by Mayor Nino Haase.
Source: www.stern.de
