Briefing by the Executive Director to Member

States
International guidelines on People Centered Smart Cities

Date: 1 September 2023

 Resolution on People Centered Smart Cities
Approved at the UN-Habitat Assembly in its second session

Key features:
Requests the Executive Director, subject to the availability of funding, to initiate the development of
international guidelines on people-centered smart cities as a non-binding framework
Requests the ED to ensure an inclusive consultative process including through the existing
regional and country offices of the UN-Habitat with MS and Members UN specialized agencies,
national and or international associations or organizations of local authorities recognized by the UN,
relevant UN organizations, international finance institutions, development agencies, non-governmental
organizations, academia, civil society organizations, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders
Is 22 months time-bound, with expected completion of the work in the resumed second session of the
UNHA2 in 2025.
Is supported by a large group of Member States part of the “Group of Friends of the Smart Cities”
which have actively worked on the preparation of the Resolution and are now on its implementation
France has pledged 311,000 USD Dollars, out of the 1,179,000 needed to roll out the work
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 Timeline and Action Plan
22 months 2023 2024 2025
timeline Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

EXPERT Call for

WORKING Nomination EWG kick-off GLOBAL EGM GLOBAL EGM GLOBAL EGM
of Experts online
GROUP (EWG)
EWG INPUT

EGM I EGM II EGM III

INCLUSIVE Call for EoI to EGM bid REGIONAL EGM
CONSULTATION host EGM results
OTHER KEY CONSULTATIONS
INPUT
INPUT
WORLD
SMART CITIES Call for in- Study Zero Draft Study Results Report
OUTLOOK kind support
INPUT

IG-PCSC
GUIDELINES Zero draft of 2nd draft of
DRAFTING IG-PCSC IG-PCSC UNHA2
Endorsement

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 Thank you!

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