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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 Martin Brynskov (Open & Agile
Smart Cities) and Tania Marcos (Spanish Association for Standardization), in collaboration with
Michael Mulquin, Cornelia Dinca, Gert De Tant and Geni Raitisoja (Open & Agile Smart Cities).

The authors wish to thank Ramón Ferri (Municipality of Valencia) who serves as the leader of the
Thematic Group on City Platforms.

The authors would like to extend their sincere gratitude to the participants including Anuradha
Udunuwara (Sri-Lanka Telecom PLC), Ashwini Sathnur (Independent), José Cándido Seba Bernal
(MODUS ROTA. Ayuntamiento de Rota), Pedro Garibi (T-Systems), Gustavo Giannattasio (IEEE),
Vicente Sebastián (Electronic Trafic, S.A.), Antonio Marques (ETRA) and Jaume Segura-Garcia
(University of Valencia), who provided inputs to the Report.

The authors also wish to thank the U4SSC management team: Nasser Al Marzouqi (U4SSC
Chairman), Katrina Naut, Abdurahman M. Al Hassan, Paolo Gemma, Tania Marcos and Giampiero
Bambagioni (U4SSC Vice-Chairmen) for their assistance and contributions.

The authors also extend their gratitude to the UN 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, Chiara Co, Sahifa
Imran and Mythili Menon (ITU), 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), Andre Dzikus, Tania Lim, Jean Yves
and Robert Lewis-Lettington from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat),
Gulnara Roll from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Mark Draeck,
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 and Judy Backhouse from the United Nations University – Operating Unit on

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