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Foreword

This publication was developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC)
initiative.

Acknowledgements

The development of this deliverable was led by Mr Ziqin Sang and Mr Tomás Llorente Aguado. The authors
would like to thank Mr Robert Lewis-Lewington (UN-Habitat), Mr Chris Ip, Ms Mythili Menon and Ms
Cristina Bueti (ITU), Mr Jorge Diaz Garcia-Herrera (SESIAD, Spain), Mr Zhaoming Lu (Beijing University of
Posts and Telecommunications), Ms Linpei Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications), Ms
Fangyun Dong (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications), Mr Haojun Ai (Wuhan University),
Ms Xueqin Jia (China Unicom), Mr Wuying Du (Wuhan University), Mr Andres Abad Rodriguez (World
Health Organization), Mr Keng Li (China ICT Group), Mr Vimal Wakhlu (Telecommunications Consultants
India Limited), Mr Kristian Lande (Independent entrepreneur, Switzerland), Ms Darine Ameyed (CEO
Nyn-R, Canada), Mr. Alex Mateo (Envirosuite, Spain), Mr Hassane Khalil (Lebanon Green Building Council,
Lebanon), Mr Pablo Suarez (Fullandfast, Spain), Ms Sheila Romera Aznar (Smart Healthy Citizen innovation
and educative programme, Spain), Mr Panos Fitsilis (University of Applied Sciences of Thessaly), and Mr
Leonidas Anthopoulos (University of Applied Sciences of Thessaly).

Mr Ziqin Sang and Mr Tomás Llorente Aguado wish to thank the U4SSC management team: Mr Nasser Al
Marzouqi (U4SSC Chairman), Mr Abdurahman M. Al Hassan, and Mr Paolo Gemma (U4SSC Vice-Chairmen)
for their assistance and contributions.

The authors also extends their gratitude to the contributing organizations, along with their representatives:
Mr. Oliver Hillel from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Ms Lucy Winchester and Ms Vera Kiss
from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Ms Simone Borelli from the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr Chris Ip, Ms Mythili Menon and Ms Cristina Bueti (ITU), Ms
Iryna Usava from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mr James Murombedzi from the
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Mr Guilherme Canela from the Regional Bureau
for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), Ms Martina Otto and Ms. Sharon Gil from United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP), Mr Matthew Ulterino from the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-
FI), Mr Motsomi Maletjane from the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC),
Mr. Andre Dzikus, Ms. Tania Lim, Mr Jean Yves and Mr Robert Lewis-Lettington from the United Nations
Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Mr Mark Draeck, Ms Katarina Barunica Spoljaric and Mr
Nicholas Dehod from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Mr William Kennedy
from the United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP), Ms Soumaya Ben Dhaou and Ms Judy Backhouse
from the United Nations University – Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV),
and Mr Alexander Baklanov from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
views of their respective organizations or members.
ISBN: 978-92-61-31861-1 (Electronic version)

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