
Thematic Action Teams
The backbone of the Smart Community approach is “Action Teams” which develop in each town from the thematic structure. As part of a collaborative research project, we provide communities with
- Themes structure below provide a hierarchical structure to community development activities
- The Theme Hierarchy was developed by eTownz and numerous community and research partners over 8 years, the structure is regularly reviewed and updated
- The structure allows for greater empirical analysis, internal/external community structured collaboration
- Local residents and organisations build “Action teams” to drive action
- Each Action Team creates a 12-month plan
- There are 75 x T3 themes, a sample plan has been created for most themes containing relevant Assets/Stakeholders/Projects/Goals/Metrics. Click on the relevant icon below to download the sample plan.
1. Health, Recreation & Quality of Life
Environment & Sustainability
Business, Employment & Education
Infrastructure, Planning & Participation

Project Ideas
Project Ideas
Here we provide a categorised database of community development solutions based on our eTownz Knowledge library
