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Guide for smart and sustainable city leaders: Envisioning sustainable digital transformation

performance and associated operational costs, as well as the level of user demand and
existing digital gaps by age, gender, ethnicity and location.
e) Identifying the SSC stakeholders.
f) Identifying the existing governance and organisational mechanisms that would allow the
efficient and effective creation, management and delivery of SSC solutions.
g) Identifying mechanisms for multistakeholder involvement, inhabitant engagement,
communication and information sharing throughout the SSC process to ensure inclusion
and equitable access, development and use of digital technologies.

The SSC should envision its strategies in support of ensuring Policy Cohesion for Sustainable
Development as indicated under Targets 17.14 and 17.17 within SDG 17.

Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) is an approach to integrate the
dimensions of sustainable development throughout domestic and international policy-making.
This approach can also be adopted at the local government level for SSC projects. The objectives
in the context of the 2030 Agenda are to advance the integrated implementation of the 2030
Agenda by:
• fostering synergies and maximising benefits across economic, social and environmental
policy areas;
• balancing domestic policy objectives with internationally recognized sustainable
development goals; and
• addressing the transboundary and long-term impacts of policies, including those likely to
affect developing countries.
This step can be facilitated through a basic SSC strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats (SWOT) analysis for each city. This will assist in framing a city specific strategy and goals.

Step 2 – Identify your SSC targets

Local governments should work in close collaboration with the various SSC stakeholders to design
the overall master plan for the SSC's implementation. This should include broad agreement
on objectives, priorities, initiatives, and actions needed in the short, medium and long term.
Consideration should be accorded to setting measurable SSC targets and timeframes for their
achievement. This step involves, among others, the identification of SSC targets in regard to:

a) developing accessible SSC infrastructure predicated on technologies;
b) identifying the needs of inhabitants through inclusive engagement processes;
c) identifying and developing key SSC services in keeping with the needs of inhabitants;
d) identifying relevant international instruments such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and aligning plans;
e) defining SSC key performance indicators (KPIs) and their weights;
f) educating the stakeholders on the advantages of SSCs and overarching digital
transformation; and
g) associated technical expertise required throughout the project life-cycle.

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