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1 Introduction

The purpose of the deliverable is to help cities identify the strategic, operational and
connectivity needs that a Smart Sustainable City’s integrated management can meet.

• Identify the basic principles of action, the critical success factors and the associated
underlying risks.
• Describe a high-level methodology that facilitates implementing an urban digital
infrastructure based on standard and technical requirements independent of the
political and economic context.

• Identify the functional blocks (Building Blocks) proposed by the GovStack Initiative and
their alignment with the standards on interoperability and architectures of ITU-T Study
Group 20.
• Define the key elements and the path towards the transformation of a smart and
sustainable city.

As stated in the scope of the document, the paper’s target audience is focused on city
technicians so that they have a guide that allows them to identify the needs that their
municipalities may have.

From a municipal perspective, we try to solve the following questions:

• How can cities assess their starting point and determine their digital transformation
needs?

• Citizens demand safety, security, affordable and good quality services, clean air,
convenient transport... What enabling technological capabilities are necessary to meet
citizens' needs and aspirations?

• Which monitoring strategy can we follow through the city indicators? What are the
primary standards, and how are they chosen?

• What regulatory requirements do cities need to comply with, when implementing ICT
solutions?

The role of today’s cities has been studied for years as part of the disciplines of urbanism, sociology,
the environment, information and communication technologies, among others. Currently, cities
have been showing an evident willingness to participate in international relations, actively proposing
local solutions to problems with an increasingly global dimension.

Cities have the ability and autonomy to mobilize resources that allow them to achieve their goals
and can exert influence over other actors in the system.

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