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Smart Cities and G3ict
The very existence of smart cities is premised on the access to ICTs. However, several cities have embarked
on their respective smart city journeys without ensuring that their citizens have the available technologies
to benefit from living in smart cities.
The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict) is an advocacy
initiative created by the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, together with the
Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UNDESA. This initiative aims to
facilitate and support the implementation of the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities on the accessibility of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and assistive
technologies.

“The mission of the G3ict is as follows:
 Raise awareness on effective public policies, private sector initiatives, and standardization references.
It reaches key stakeholders via conferences and showcases, briefings, web activities, publications, and
social media;

 Facilitate the sharing of solutions and good practices through a Web-based platform www.g3ict.org,
an electronic newsletter, worldwide databases on country achievements, companies ICT accessibility
policies, and case studies, books and white papers from leading authors and institutions on specific
areas of technology or public policy;
 Foster harmonization and standardization by promoting the work of ITU, ISO, ETSI, ANSI, W3C, DAISY
Consortium and other leading Standards Development Organizations;
 Support policy makers with capacity building programs and benchmarking. Deliverables include the
online "ITU-G3ict e-Accessibility Policy Toolkit for Persons with Disabilities" and its companion
handbook which was developed as a joint publication of ITU, G3ict, and the Centre for Internet and
Society, in collaboration with The Hans Foundation, and the "CRPD 2013 ICT Accessibility Progress
Report," developed in collaboration with Disabled People's International (DPI).”
As the ITU is closely involved in both initiatives it would be beneficial for these two initiatives to collaborate
during phase 2 and establish the required guidelines and best practices for promoting access to ICTs within
the smart city realm.

Source: http://g3ict.com/about

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