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The second step: Assessment and verification towards becoming a smart sustainable
city
Once the city has been accepted and welcomed into U4SSC, and has paid the U4SSC KPI project’s
verification fees, the following takes place:
• The ITU-U4SSC Secretariat provides the city with an Excel template that contains all the KPIs to
be collected, reported and assessed.
• The city fills in the template with the data and source information received from the various
entities in their city.
• Once the data and sources have been reported, the verifier verifies the data and sources.
• Once the verification process has been completed, the verifier provides a Verification Report (in
addition to other reports on the city’s implementation of the KPIs), which includes the following
information:
o verification results;
o high-level policy recommendations; and
o high-level suggestions for improvement opportunities.
In case the city requires assistance during the data collection process, the ITU-U4SSC Secretariat
and the verifier provide clarification on the KPIs through emails and conference calls.
6 U4SSC Concept Note | May 2021
