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Implementing ITU-T International Standards to Shape Smart Sustainable Cities –
The Case of Singapore

The verification process revealed the following findings:

Total Number of Indicators 108
KPI verified 71

Data presented met the requirements of the KPI and were verifiable.

No data reviewed – KPI not verified 37
Data was either not supplied or insufficient to allow for verification of the indicator.

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The results were presented to Singapore in a formal verification report during the last quarter
of 2016.

3. Overview of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative (considering the KPI
dimensions)

Before the start of the pilot project, Singapore had established a number of initiatives under its
Smart Nation framework. These initiatives demonstrated that Singapore had already started out
along the path towards becoming a smart sustainable city and as such was an ideal testing
ground for the ITU KPIs. With Smart City initiatives already in place, Singapore was able to apply
the KPIs to these existing initiatives and provide valuable feedback on how:

 KPIs fit into the current Smart Nation framework;
 KPIs could be used to measure an individual initiative’s progress;
 KPIs could be improved to provide better feedback; and
 new KPIs could be introduced to provide better feedback on smart city progress.

Singapore’s recent realignment of its Smart Nation programme directly under the PMO shows
that this initiative is considered to be a key part of Singapore’s future. The knowledge gained
through Singapore’s experience will continue to be an important part of ongoing efforts to make
the KPIs and the upcoming Global Smart Sustainable Cities Index the most effective method to
measure progress and provide guidance to urban stakeholders around the world on making their
cities smarter and more sustainable.

The following sections will explore how each of the six dimensions of the ITU SSC KPIs fits into
the current Smart Nation initiatives.

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For privacy reasons, these results have not been presented publicly and the verification report has
been kept confidential.

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