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Foreword

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

            Acknowledgements


            The development of this deliverable was led and coordinated by Leonidas Anthopoulos (Greece).

            The authors would like to thank the following contributing individuals: Ioannis Nikolaou (PhD
            candidate, University of Thessaly, Greece), Ramy Ahmed Fathy (Chief Expert, Digital Technologies
            and Public Policy, National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt), Tania Marcos Paramio
            (Quality & Smart Sustainable Cities (UNE)) and Emily Royall (Smart Cities Administrator, City of San
            Antonio, U.S.A.

            The authors wish to thank the U4SSC management team: Okan Geray (U4SSC Chair), Ramy Ahmed
            Fathy, Giampiero Bambagioni, Paolo Gemma, Wendy Teresa Goico Campagna, Tania Marcos and
            Emily Royall (U4SSC Vice-Chair) 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), 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), Gulnara Roll 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), Edlam Abera Yemeru and Roberta Maio from the
            United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Vahid Khatami and Tea Aulavuo 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), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Sandra Carvao from the World
            Tourism Organization (UN Tourism).













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