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U4SSC

thematic groups

U4SSC is currently working on the
following thematic groups:
• City Platforms

• Economic and financial recovery
in cities and urban resilience
building in the time of COVID-19

• Guidelines on tools and
mechanisms to finance SSC
projects

U4SSC • Guiding principles for artificial
intelligence in cities

• Simple ways to be smart

Cities can join the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) • Procurement Guidelines for
initiative (coordinated by ITU and 16 United Nations entities), Smart Sustainable Cities
to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11: ‘Make cities and
These thematic groups are working
human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’. Urban
to set guidelines for implementing
stakeholders can capitalize on the guidance frameworks developed
various SSC solutions efficiently
under the umbrella of U4SSC to facilitate the use of ICTs and digital and sustainably in cities.
technologies for their city’s transition to an SSC. Furthermore,
U4SSC can serve as an ideal platform for knowledge sharing and These thematic groups are working
consolidating international cooperation efforts in the realm of to set guidelines for implementing
smart cities. various SSC solutions efficiently
and sustainably in cities.

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