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Foreword

This publication on “Enhancing innovation and participation in smart sustainable cities” has been developed
within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. This publication provides
a series of case studies on smart governance, smart people and smart economy, which will catapult successful
smart city practices into the global spotlight.
Acknowledgements

This publication has been researched and written by Okan Geray (Smart Dubai Office) and Kari Aina Eik
(Organization for International Economic Relations (OiER)) H. E. Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, H.E. Mr. Younus Al Nasser
and Zeina El Kaissi (Smart Dubai Office); H.E. Mr. Wesam Lootah (Smart Dubai Government Establishment);
Younghoon Choi, Jeongjun Ahn, Gyeonggeun Ma, Younghyun Cho and Jihyun Kim (Seoul Metropolitan
Government), Earl Burgos (WeGO), Kevin Wee and Gabriel Chan (Info-communications Media Development
Authority of Singapore), Rik Wouters (Vice-chair of the UNECE Working Party on Land Administration), Zeina
El Kaissi (Smart Dubai Office),Vimal Wakhlu (ITU-APT Foundation), Igor Kos (City of Maribor, Slovenia), Martin
Stadelmann (South Pole Group) and Mariano Mejía Valenzuela (South Pole Group).
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), 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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