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Responsibilities assumed by the ITU U4SSC Secretariat

• The ITU-U4SSC Secretariat is tasked with ensuring that each participating city is well informed
about the processes conducted during the project.

• The ITU-U4SSC Secretariat is responsible for appointing a competent and accomplished verifier
who can carry out the verification process.
• The ITU-U4SSC Secretariat is responsible for deciding on a suitable UN body staff member who
can supervise the verification work carried out by the verifier.

Associated cost(s)

• To ensure transparency in the process, the ITU-U4SSC Secretariat will designate an independent
and external verifier.

• To learn more about the associated costs and expenses of this project, please contact the ITU-
U4SSC Secretariat at: u4ssc@ itu .int.

• As part of the verification process, the verifier will conduct a series of interviews and will produce
a final Verification Report for the city.

Additional information

• The Verification Report will only be published at the discretion of the participating city.

• Verifiers and the ITU-U4SSC Secretariat personnel involved in the city’s U4SSC KPIs project are
required to keep all the information associated with the project confidential.

• All the material published based on the city’s U4SSC KPIs project will be the intellectual property
of the participating city and the ITU.

10 U4SSC Concept Note | May 2021