Economic Development president Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller said that a new provider would be appointed in the first quarter of next year.
‘The committee has agreed to transition the Digital Greenhouse activities from a government-led model to private sector or voluntary sector, working closely with the Innovate Guernsey board,’ said Deputy Kazantseva-Miller.
‘This reflects our willingness to take difficult decisions and rethink how taxpayer funding can best support our strategic priorities.’
Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez asked whether Deputy Kazantseva-Miller was confident that the timeline her committee had set out was sufficient to ensure a smooth transition to another potential provider, without any disproportionate impact to existing services and the existing benefits that the Greenhouse provides.
‘We have to exit the current building at the end of April, and so a lot of the timeline is driven by that. A lot of the work has been front-loaded through the expressions of interest process that we have already gone through, which has been extremely positive,’ said Deputy Kazantseva-Miller.
‘The tender process was officially launched last week and while I think the timeline is ambitious, we are trying to do our best to meet the timeline indicated, and it’s looking reasonably positive as well.’
The deputy also said that her committee had been championing the adoption of artificial intelligence across the States, including supporting a trial of a new training provider and piloting AI agents to assist with committee work and agendas.
She also highlighted the ongoing AI Sprint event. She said the ‘rapid upskilling initiative’ had been ‘a real highlight’.
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