ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications 171 Table of Contents Page 1 Smart sustainable cities: overview and challenges ................................................. 176 1.1 SSC overview................................................................................................... 176 1.2 SSC challenges ................................................................................................ 177 2 Methodology for SSC stakeholder identification and engagement.......................... 181 2.1 Identification of all stakeholders involved in SSC........................................... 182 2.2 Categorization of stakeholders ...................................................................... 183 3 Detailed analysis of selected stakeholders .............................................................. 184 3.1 An analysis of selected stakeholders .............................................................. 184 3.2 Analysis of stakeholder engagement progress .............................................. 185 4 Stakeholders' roles in SSC ....................................................................................... 187 4.1 Municipalities, city council and city administration ....................................... 187 4.2 National and regional governments ............................................................... 190 4.3 City services companies .................................................................................. 191 4.4 Utility providers .............................................................................................. 192 4.5 ICT companies (e.g., telecom operators, start‐ups, software companies) .... 192 4.6 Non – governmental organizations (NGOs) ................................................... 193 4.7 International, regional and multilateral organizations .................................. 193 4.8 Industry associations ...................................................................................... 194 4.9 Academia, research organizations and specialized bodies ............................ 195 4.10 Citizens and citizen organizations .................................................................. 196 4.11 Urban planners ............................................................................................... 196 4.12 Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) ................................................. 197 5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 197 Annex 1 Summary of Stakeholder Identification, categorization and analysis ................ 199 Annex 2 SCC – CERT/CSIRT/SOC ...................................................................................... 205 Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 209