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Foreword

                  Dubai is a city that has transformed rapidly in the past several
                  decades:  emerging  from  a  small  trading  village  to  an
                  international business hub in the span of just 40 years. The Dubai
                  government  has  been  continually  committed  to  adopting  the
                  latest  technology  innovations  to  deliver  opportunities  for
                  enhanced quality of life for all citizens, residents and visitors to
                  Dubai.

                  The Smart Dubai initiative was launched in March 2014 to unify
                  and enhance existing ICT initiatives from the government; enable
                  and deliver a citywide platform for the exchange of information
                  and transaction of daily services; and work together between the
                  public and private sector to share the benefits of a smart city,
                  defined  as  the  efficient  use  of  resources;  seamless  service
                  delivery; safely protected people and information; and impactful
                  business and life experiences.

                  Carrying forward the commitment of our leadership, to prioritise resident and visitor experience
                  in Dubai, our end goal has consistently been to positively impact people’s happiness. The vision
                  of Smart Dubai is to make Dubai the happiest city on Earth; and smart technology, with the
                  resulting benefits of collaboration, time saving, efficiency and sustainability, provides the tools
                  to achieve this.
                  But we do not undertake this transformation for ourselves alone. Smart Dubai aims to become
                  a global leader among smart cities, in order to share our experiences and become a benchmark
                  to smart city transformation for the emerging world.

                  Dubai is proud to be the first pilot partner to implement the ITU-standardised Key Performance
                  Indicators (KPIs) for Smart Sustainable Cities. With the support of our strategic partners, we have
                  tested 108 KPIs that became a global standard to smart city achievements, and we are sharing
                  our experiences from this process with the world.
                  In the first year of the program, we have already seen a significant response to the ITU-Dubai
                  pilot program, and leading cities including Valencia, Singapore, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo
                  have signed up for similar pilot projects. Furthermore, recommendations from the first year of
                  the pilot program led to establishment of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC), the
                  first global initiative exclusively for smart sustainable cities.
                  For Dubai, the second year of the pilot program will be an opportunity to focus our efforts to
                  delivering measurable impact for Dubai. Globally, we will continue our work with the ITU to
                  bolster  a  new,  rigorous  standard  for  smart  cities  that  prioritises  access  to  opportunity,
                  sustainability, and quality of life benefiting all global citizens.

                  I take this opportunity to congratulate all of our strategic partners, the members of the Smart
                  Dubai team, and the ITU Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities, for their hard work and
                  commitments which are evidenced in this report.

                  Thank you and we look forward to our continued collaboration.



                  Her Excellency Dr Aisha Bin Bishr
                  Director General, Smart Dubai
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