The meeting is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), together with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat). The United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative is a United Nations initiative supported by 19 UN agencies and programmes to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". U4SSC serves as the global platform to drive dialogue on the topic of smart cities and facilitate the use of ICTs and digital technologies to drive smart sustainable cities transitions. More information about this initiative can be found at https://u4ssc.itu.int/.
The main objectives of this meeting are to:
- Provide an update on the work of the U4SSC Thematic Groups
- Present the latest U4SSC publications and their implementations in cities
- Present the latest U4SSC KPIs Implementation worldwide
- Present the activities of the U4SSC Hub
- Approve the appointment of the new U4SSC Management Team
- Present new U4SSC activities
- Approve the U4SSC Annual Work Plan (2023-2024).
Participation in the meeting is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions and to individual experts. More information on the programme of the meeting is available at: https://u4ssc.itu.int/latest-meetings/. Registration is necessary to attend the meeting.