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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Foreword
This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC)
initiative. This publication provides cities with a methodology on how to collect data or information from key
performance indicators (KPIs) for smart sustainable cities (SSC). This set of KPIs for SSC were developed to establish
the criteria to evaluate ICT´s contributions in making cities smarter and more sustainable, and to provide cities
with the means for self-assessments.
Acknowledgements

The development of the set of Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities and the Collection
Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities has been led by John Smiciklas (BOMA
Canada), Gundula Prokop (Environment Agency, Austria), Pawel Stano (JRC-European Commission) and Ziqin Sang
(ITU-T SG20 Vice-chairman) with contributions from many stakeholders including the cities of Dubai, Singapore,
Valencia, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Manizales, Pully, amongst others, as well as WeGO.
The authors wish to thank the U4SSC management team, Gloria Placer Maruri and Nasser Al Marzouqi (U4SSC Co-
chairmen) and Victoria Sukenik and Paolo Gemma (U4SSC Vice-chairmen) for their respective assistance and
contributions.
The authors also wish to extend their gratitude to the 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, Mythili Menon and Reyna Ubeda from the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), Iryna Usava from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), James Murombedzi from the
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Ivonne Higuero and Domenica Carriero from the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 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 Garrigan Curt from United Nations Environment (UN Environment), Maria Atkinson Am and Gary
Pivo 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 from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Pradeep Monga, Toni Lim
and Katarina Barunica from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Nuno Lopes,
Soumaya Ben Dhaou and Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen from the United Nations University – Operating Unit on
Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), Sylvia Hordosch from the United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), and Alexander Baklanov from the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO).

The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of
their respective organizations or members.

© CBD, ECLAC, FAO, ITU, UNDP, UNECA, UNECE, UNESCO, UN Environment, UNEP-FI, UNFCCC,
UN-Habitat, UNIDO, UNU-EGOV, UN-Women and WMO.
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ISBN
978-92-61-25221-2 (Paper version)
978-92-61-25231-1 (Electronic version)

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