The BDT Director signed a new project with the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt under the Framework of the Cooperative Agreement between ITU and NTRA in the areas of Telecommunications and ICTs. The project titled “Promoting the Development of Smart Sustainable Cities & Communities Telecom Infrastructure in Egypt", aims to promote standard innovation of Smart Sustainable Cities & Communities (SSC&C) in Egypt. Specifically, this project will aim at supporting SSC&C in standardizing the ICTs infrastructure requirements. In addition, the project will also collect, analyze, and measure SSC&C sustainability and smartness of project indices/KPIs progress through the implementation of ITU-T recommendations that will enable smart sustainable cities and communities in Egypt to become more greener and smarter.
The overall objective is to accelerate the urban transformation towards SSC&C, while considering the aspects of smartness and sustainability based on ITU technical standards or Recommendations for SSC&C in order to ultimately contribute to the achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Egypt 2030 vision, Egypt Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) as well as the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in the Arab Region.
