Page 5 - The 4th Global Standards Symposium 2022 - Conclusions

Towards people-oriented cities and communities: Driving cross-sectoral digital
innovation and transformation

The GSS-20,

Recalling that cities and communities play a predominant part in accelerating digital innovation and
transformation towards a people-oriented digital economy, governance and information society as well as
encompassing sectors such energy, water, health, agriculture and mobility domains,

– Invites ITU to continue to support the activities of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC),
in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and UN-Habitat, including
the implementation of the U4SSC Key Performance Indicators (based on Recommendation ITU-T
Y.4903) and Recommendation ITU-T Y.4904 “Smart sustainable cities maturity model”, which
contain the necessary tools for short and medium term implementation so that cities are able to
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measure their smart urban strategies, and assess progress towards the SDGs. It also encourages
ITU to continue to support the establishment of U4SSC Country Hubs to leverage on the need for
building global, national and local cooperation and collaboration in order to build people oriented
smart cities and communities.
– Emphasizes the importance of collaboration through open platforms, such as the ITU/FAO Focus
Group on AI and IoT for digital agriculture, for stimulating the deployment of digital technologies
and innovations in the agricultural sector in support of sustainable agricultural practices.
– Encourages ITU to strengthen collaboration with industry fora (e.g., oneM2M, LoRa Alliance, etc)
and other standard-setting entities, leveraging collaborative platforms such as the IEC/ISO/ITU Joint
Smart City Task Force in order to accelerate digital transformation in the urban domain.
– Recognizes the importance of connectivity of schools and acknowledges the Giga initiative, an
ITU/UNICEF initiative.

1 This standard is being implemented in more than 150 cities worldwide, including Daegu, Mashhad, Bizerte, Dubai,
Singapore, Riyadh and Valencia.

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