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United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC)

United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) is a UN initiative coordinated by ITU, UNECE and UN-
Habitat, and supported by CBD, ECLAC, FAO, UNDP, UNECA, UNOPS, UNESCO, UN Environment, UNEP-
FI, UNFCCC, UNIDO, UNU-EGOV, UN-Women and WMO to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11:
‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’.

U4SSC advocates public policy to encourage the use of digital technologies toward facilitating and
easing the transition to smart sustainable cities (SSC) by catapulting key successful smart city measures
into the spotlight for consideration.

It currently works on 10 thematic groups:

• Guidelines on tools and mechanisms to finance SSC projects

• Guiding principles for AI in cities
• Blockchain 4 cities

• Impact of frontier technologies in cities
• Simple ways to be smart

• Practitioner guide to measure smart cities and communities (SC&C)
• Practitioner guide to monitor SC&C

• Procurement guidelines for SSC
• City platforms

• United for Smart Sustainable Cities Index

To find out more on the U4SSC initiative, visit: itu .int/ go/ u4ssc.

U4SSC Implementation Programme (U4SSC-IP)

The U4SSC Implementation Programme (U4SSC-IP) supports the implementation of projects and builds
partnerships for smarter and more sustainable cities worldwide.

To find out more on the U4SSC Implementation Programme, visit: https:// www .itu .int/ en/ ITU -T/ ssc/
united/ Pages/ U4SSC -IP .aspx.

U4SSC Smart Sustainable City Index

The U4SSC indicators for SSC will form the basis for the U4SSC Smart Sustainable City Index. The Index
will utilize the reported indicator values, along with supporting data profiling each city, to provide a
comparative ranking amongst a selection of cities.

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