SmartCard Networking Forum


The SmartCard Networking Forum is run by Local Government to inspire the spread of excellent local authority smart card schemes.

By bringing together everyone from interested beginners to experienced practitioners, we help councils:

  • Research smart card requirements
  • Understand the benefits to citizens
  • Identify total costs and savings
  • Design, set up and run a local scheme.
  • Learn from live projects
  • Enable best practice procurement

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Membership of the SmartCard Networking Forum is free for council officers and elected members, together with colleagues from other public sector, academic and voluntary organisations.

We share knowledge, enthusiasm and experience through the Forum’s Members Directory, bulletin board, information-packed presentations, regular events, FAQs, useful links and workshops – with the support of leading experts from the commercial sector.

Although this web site is primarily for local government, everyone is welcome to explore the public pages. To date 694 individuals from 347 organisations have joined the Forum.