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Foreword

This publication was developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities
(U4SSC) initiative.

Acknowledgments

The development of this deliverable was led and coordinated by Okan Geray (Digital Dubai). The
deliverable is based on the support and participation of the sub-group leaders, namely, Elena
Ardelean (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change), Gokce Cobansoy Hizel (Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri
A.S), Pedro Garibi (T-Systems Iberia), Asma Karoui (GIZ), Muriuki Mureithi (Summit Strategies ltd),
Velan TS (Evercomm) and Bettina Tratz-Ryan (Gartner), together with the work of several members
of U4SSC who diligently contributed to the preparation of the report.

The authors wish to thank the U4SSC management team: Okan Geray (U4SSC Chair), Ramy Ahmed
Fathy, Giampiero Bambagioni, Paolo Gemma, Wendy Goico Campagna, Tania Marcos and Emily
Royall (U4SSC Vice-Chairs) for their assistance and contributions.

The authors also extend their gratitude to the contributing organizations along with their
representatives: Oliver Hillel from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Lucy Winchester
and Vera Kiss from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Simone
Borelli from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Victoria Papp and Cristina Bueti from
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Deniz Susar from United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), Iryna Usava from the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), James Murombedzi from the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA), Guilherme Canela from the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and
the Caribbean of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
Martina Otto and Sharon Gil from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Matthew
Ulterino from the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), Motsomi
Maletjane from the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), Pontus
Westerberg from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Gulnara Roll
from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Katarina Barunica Spoljaric
and Nicholas Dehod from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
William Kennedy from the United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP), Naci Karkin from the
United Nations University – Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV),
Sylvia Hordosch from the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of
Women (UN-Women), Alexander Baklanov from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
and Sandra Carvao from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

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