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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: Elli Kontogianni (PhD, Greece),
Christos Ziozias (PhD, Greece), Sophia Papathanasopoulou (Ministry of Digital Governance, Greece)
and Dr. Houssam Al Masri (FiberConnect Council MENA-Smart City Committee Chair, Saudi Arabia).

The author wishes 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), 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), Soumaya Ben Dhaou 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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