Title
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Description
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Leader
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E-meetings
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Link to Sharepoint*
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City Platforms
| This thematic group provides a global platform to share how ICT solutions and digital technologies can significantly expand a city's capacity to respond and how smart city platforms are becoming main hubs for digital transformation of public services for integrated city management, as well as, cross-sector and interinstitutional interoperability to address global challenges.
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Ramon Ferri
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December 2021: WG3 & WG4
January-February 2022: WG3 & WG4
February 2022: WG5
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Lessons learned from building urban economic resilience at city level during and after COVID-19
| Building on experiences of cities which developed their local action plans to overcome economic consequences of COVID-19 pandemic, the publication will document key lessons learned in developing and implementing the action plans.
| Gulnara Roll
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February 2022 April 2022 June 2022
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Compendium of Practices on Innovative Financing for Smart Sustainable Cities Projects
| The compendium includes a compilation of 16 case studies with practices of innovative financing of smart sustainable cities projects. The compendium complements the "U4SSC Guidelines on tools and mechanisms to finance sustainable smart cities projects", published in August 2021.
| Gulnara Roll
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LINK
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Guiding principles for artificial intelligence in cities
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This thematic group will set the guidelines for implementing AI solutions efficiently and sustainably in cities. The group also aims to develop a normative framework addressing principles, enablers and governance for applying AI solutions while taking into consideration targets set in the Sustainable Development Goals and other international commitments.
| Okan Geray | December 2021
February 2022
April 2022
June 2022
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LINK
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Procurement Guidelines for Smart Sustainable Cities
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This thematic group will develop practical, step-by-step guidance with an expanding collection of case studies from around the world, for social purpose procurement to support smart sustainable cities. It will provide cities with guidance on how to transition away from traditional approaches, to strategically improve their supply chain performance and illustrate the potential of sustainable procurement in bringing positive impacts. This will help contribute to cities successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
| Warren Smith and John Davies
| January 2022 March 2022 May 2022
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LINK
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Digital Transformation for People-Oriented Cities
| The proposed Thematic Group on "Digital Transformation for People-Oriented Cities" aims to provide guidance and formulate a series of policy-based recommendations and assessment frameworks for driving digital transformation in an urban context, while improving smart and sustainable city governance.
| Barbara Kolm, Okan Geray and Cristina Bueti
| Monthly e-meeting from February 2022
| COMING SOON
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