{"id":587,"date":"2023-02-07T16:10:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=587"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:56:02","slug":"j-sctf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/j-sctf\/","title":{"rendered":"IEC-ISO-ITU Joint Smart Cities Task Force (J-SCTF)"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/J-SCTF.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3643 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/J-SCTF.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/J-SCTF-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/J-SCTF-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0International Telecommunication Union\u00a0(ITU),\u00a0International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have established a Joint Smart Cities Task Force to co-ordinate international standardization for smart cities in line with the sustainable development goal 11 (SDG11) &#8220;Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable&#8221;. The Joint Task Force leads a comprehensive dialogue by engaging relevant stakeholders in identifying standardization solutions for smart cities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mandate and scope of the IEC-ISO-ITU Joint Smart Cities Task Force (J-SCTF)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li> To build synergies and to promote&nbsp; minimization of overlap&nbsp; as applicable on ongoing works in ITU-T, IEC and ISO related to smart cities and communities;<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li> To maximize efforts in order to identify new areas of cooperation related to smart cities and communities;<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li> To develop a holistic view on smart cities and communities taking into consideration the scope, areas of work and expertise of ITU-T, IEC and ISO to support smart cities and communities\u2019 development;<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>To prioritize future items that may arise from future World Smart City Forum (WSCF)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li> ITU-T, ISO and IEC should designate the experts to work on the action items identified as priority by the Task Force;<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li> To oversee the implementation of these action items;<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>To share the ongoing development of the work items produced by the three organizations to minimize duplication<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/J-SCTF-Final-ToR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Terms of reference (ToR) &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Co-Chairs of the J-SCTF<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>IEC &#8211; Mr Michael Mulquin (Chair, IEC SyC Smart Cities)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>ISO &#8211; Mr Bernard Gindroz (Chair, ISO\/TC 268)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>ITU &#8211; Mr Hyoung Jun Kim (Chair, ITU-T SG20)<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong>J-SCTF Secretariat<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>IEC &#8211; Mr Gennaro (<a href=\"mailto:gru@iec.ch\">gru@iec.ch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>ISO &#8211; Ms Ibido Monica (<a href=\"mailto:ibido@iso.org\">ibido@iso.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>ITU &#8211; Mr Jinu Um (<a href=\"mailto:jinu.um@itu.int\">jinu.um@itu.int<\/a>) <\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/\">Back to main page\u200b &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-587","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}