Global Initiative on Virtual Worlds – Discovering the Citiverse
Introduction
The Global Initiative on Virtual Worlds – Discovering the Citiverse was launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) and Digital Dubai on 14 June 2024 during the 1st UN Virtual Worlds Day.
The Citiverse Initiative serves as a global platform that aims at fostering open, interoperable and innovative virtual worlds that can be used safely and with confidence by people, businesses and public services.
The Citiverse Initiative:
- Serves as the avenue for developing normative frameworks addressing principles, enablers and governance for applying metaverse solutions in cities.
- Provides training and hosts events to disseminate knowledge, raise awareness and share best practices and solutions among cities worldwide.
- Delivers a sandbox environment to test, and experiment with metaverse scenarios in cities around the world.
Key pillars
Pillar 1 – Bringing Virtual Worlds to Life
Pillar 2 – Connecting Cities with the Virtual and Real Worlds
- Emerging Technologies
- Use-case Identification
- Sandbox Experiment Facility
- Virtual Worlds Toolkit
- Annual Training
Pillar 3 – Tunneling the citiverse
- Annual Assembly
- Citiverse Challenge
- Network of Cities and Citiverse for SDGs
- Talent Grants Programme for Developing Countries
Meet the Executive Committee
Chair
Director General, Digital Dubai
Vice-Chairs
Minister, Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology, Tanzania (United Republic of)
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Information, Communications & The Digital Economy, Kenya
Mayor, Municipality of Queretaro, Mexico
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aston Group
Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Director, Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC), Belgium
Chair, ITU-T Study Group 20 “Internet of Things, digital twins and smart sustainable cities and communities”
Deputy Mayor, City of Tampere, Finland
Councillor for Tourism, Digital Agenda, Innovation, and Investment, Valencia, Spain
Director, United Nations International Computing Centre, UNICC
Meet the Steering Committee
Chair
Senior Digital City Strategy Advisor, Dubai Digital Authority
Vice-Chairs
Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships, The Sandbox
Executive Director of Economic Policy, Competitiveness and Innovation, City of Tampere, Finland
Professor, Harvard University
Chair of European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) on Local Digital Twins
Founding Board Director and Standardisation Lead, Open & Agile Smart Cities & Communities (OASC)
Chief, Digital Solutions Centre, UNICC
Related activities
UN Virtual Worlds Day
14 June 2024, Geneva, Switzerland
UN Executive Briefing on unlocking the potential of virtual worlds and the metaverse for the SDGs
UN metaverse Think-a-Thon 2024
Virtual Worlds Revolutionizing Smart Sustainable Cities & Communities
Contact us
Interested in learning more or getting involved in the Global Initiative on Virtual Worlds – Discovering the Citiverse?
Please contact virtualworlds@itu.int
