204 ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications Stakeholder Scale/ sector Aims and challenges Potential and constraints Role/contribution to SSC rollout Urban Planners Local – Achieve better quality of life. – Promote city sustainability. – To develop short‐ and long‐term plans to create, grow, and revitalize communities and areas in cities. – Experience in city planning. – Understanding of city needs from a non‐technological perspective. – Reluctant to a technology‐only approach for SSC. – Not aware of smart technologies for cities. – Include in their studies and city planning processes the use of ICTs to promote SSC as a part of a broader approach. – To give the guidance to SSC stakeholders on city planning needs. Standardization Bodies Supralocal – Define standards in a new field that has not been standardized yet to assess the performance of SSCs. – To develop a common language for all stakeholders involved. – Expertise in development of standards of ICTs & sustainability. – They have to rely on their members (from private and public sector, academia...) and reach consensus. – Lack of expertise in city management. – Laying the framework for SSC and defining standards for this new model. – Identify standardization gaps on SSC field.