United Smart Cities
General
Name of initiative | United Smart Cities |
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LPAA initiative | No |
NAZCA Initiative | No |
Website address | https://www.oier.pro/global-programs/u4ssc-ip/ |
Related initiatives | |
Starting year | 2014 |
End year | |
Secretariat | Project management is shared between the UNECE office in Geneva (e-mail: Domenica.Carriero@unece.org, phone:+41 (0) 22 917 16 72),
and the OiER Secretariat in Oppolzergasse 6, 1010 Vienna - Austria. E-mail: team@unitedsmartcities.org Phone:+43 1 532 22 66 |
Organisational structure | In 2019 the United Smart Cities (USC) initiative was integrated into the United for Smart Sustainable Cities Implementation Programme (IP) to approach cities and the private sector on a global level – supported by 16 UN agencies.
United Smart Cities is a multi-stakeholder project coordinated, governed and implemented by the Organization for International Relations (OiER) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). |
Geographical coverage | Global |
Name of lead organisation | United for Smart Cities Implementation Program |
Type of lead organisation | NGO/Civil Society |
Location/Nationality of lead organisation | Austria |
Description
Description | United Smart Cities focus and cover all key areas of smart city development identified through the evaluation/rating in particular in medium-sized cities. Support to cities is given in the areas of smart city planning, strategy, project development, financing, implementation and evaluation. United Smart Cities contains a large international expert pool giving advice and support to cities participating in the program. |
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Objectives | A smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects” |
Activities | Cities address a detailed selection of 12 identified sectors:
Financial Institutions, Energy, Urban Mobility, Renewable Energy, Information & Communication Technologies, Urban Development Service, E-Mobility, Safety and Security, Recycling and Waste Management, Infrastructure Construction, Health Infrastructure, Green Housing and Facility Technologies |
One or two success stories achieved |
Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative | Technical dialogue, Political dialogue |
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Activity of initiative | Knowledge production and innovation, Norms and standard setting, Knowledge dissemination and exchange |
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Goals | |
Comments on indicators and goals | |
How will goals be achieved | |
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals | |
Progress towards the goals | |
How are you tracking progress of your initiative | |
Available reporting | Brochure at https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/hlm/projects/SMART_CITIES/United-Smart-Cities-Folder_FINAL.pdf |
Participants
Participants | Number | Names |
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Members | 4 | |
Companies | 0 | |
Business organisations | 0 | |
Research and educational organisations | 0 | |
Non-governmental organisations | 0 | |
National states | 0 | |
Governmental actors | 0 | |
Regional / state / county actors | 0 | |
City / municipal actors | 0 | |
Intergovernmental organisations | 4 | Organisation for international Economic Relations - OiER (Austria), UNECE (Switzerland), UNDP (USA), Local 2030 (USA) |
Financial Institutions | 0 | |
Faith based organisations | 0 | |
Other members | 0 | |
Supporting partners | 0 | |
Number of members in the years | | |
Have only national states as participators | No |
Theme
Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Last update: 10 May 2022 10:52:21
Not only have national states as participators