10:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 16:00 CET via WebEx
Organizers: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe – UNECE, International Telecommunication Union – ITU and UN-Habitat
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The “United for Smart Sustainable Cities” (U4SSC) is a United Nations initiative coordinated by ITU, UNECE and UN-Habitat, and supported by CBD, ECLAC, FAO, UNDP, UNECA, UNESCO, UNEP, UNEP-FI, UNFCCC, UNIDO, UNOP, UNU-EGOV, UN-Women and WMO to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". U4SSC serves as the global platform to advocate for public policy and to encourage the use of ICTs to facilitate and ease the transition to smart sustainable cities. For more information on U4SSC please visit its website.
The annual meeting of partners discussed outcomes of activities since October 2019 and planned activities for 2020-2021.
Presentations
Topic: Application of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for smart sustainable cities to support achieving SDG11 and other urban related SDGs
ITU: empowering smart sustainable cities worldwide
Cristina Bueti, ITU
Improving smartness and sustainability of cities in the UNECE region
Agata Krause, Consultant, UNECE
Sustainable Smart City Profile: Nur-sultan, Kazakhstan
Astana Innovations
Developed tools, instruments and related projects
Blockchain for Cities(B4C)
Soumaya Ben Dhaou, United Nations University
A Guide to Circular Cities: A U4SSC deliverable
Okan Geray, Smart Dubai Office, UAE
Update on the work of the U4SSC thematic groups
Thematic Group on City Platforms
Ramon Ferri, Valencia Smsrt City Office
Thematic Group on Economic recovery in cities and urban resilience building in the time of COVID-19
Agata Krause, Consultant, UNECE
Thematic Group on Innovative financing instruments for Smart Sustainable Cities
Nadiia Yeremenko, Consultant, UNECE and Raul Garcia, expert on innovative financing, UNECE
Thematic Group on Guiding principles for artificial intelligence in cities
Okan Geray, Smart Dubai Office, UAE
Thematic Group on Simple ways to be smart
Soumaya Ben Dhaou, UNU-EGOV and Judy Backhouse, UNU-EGOV
Thematic Group on Procurement Guidelines for Smart Sustainable Cities
Warren Smith, Global Digital Marketplace, UK
Thematic Group on U4SSC Index
Barbara Kolm, Austrian Economics Center; and Austrian National Bank