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Guide for smart and sustainable city leaders: Envisioning sustainable digital transformation
These can help formulate an action strategy oriented towards:
i. consensus building among varied stakeholders including inhabitants;
ii. governance mechanisms;
iii. financing mechanisms;
iv. adoption of digital technologies;
v. implementation of international standards;
vi. monitoring mechanisms; and
vii. learning among SSC stakeholders.
Figure 3 gives an overview of the steps to becoming a SSC leveraging digital transformation.
Figure 3: SSC 8-step transition cycle
(Adapted from ICLEI, 2014)
Step 0 – Smart city readiness assessment
A smart city readiness assessment is important step to evaluate the readiness of your city and
administration to design, implement and utilize smart city technologies and data to become
efficient, sustainable and better serve city residents and improve their quality of life. This step
is to be undertaken prior to the commencement of the cycle.
The readiness assessment should focus on:
i. Needs (is there a need for transitioning to a SSC?)
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