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Foreword
This publication on “Connecting cities and communities with the SDGs" has been developed within the
framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. This publication provides an overview
of how cities can use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). It also maps the case studies to the various international agreements as well as
the SDGs.

Acknowledgements
This publication has been researched and written by John Smiciklas (BOMA Canada), Mythili Menon (ITU),
Domenica Carriero (UNECE), Vimal Wakhlu (ITU-APT Foundation), Okan Geray (Smart Dubai Office), Hanna
Vartto (South Pole Group), Austin Stankus (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
Hazem Galal (PricewaterhouseCoopers-PwC) and Hamda Bin Demaithan (Dubai Data Establishment).

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 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 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), 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, and WMO.

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ISBN
978-92-61-25361-5 (Paper version)
978-92-61-25371-4 (Electronic version)

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