Work item:
Y.Sup.digi-inc
Subject/title:
Guidelines for digital inclusion in the development of digital urban technology and smart cities
Approval process:
Agreement
Type of work item:
Supplement
Version:
New
Equivalent number:
-
Timing:
-
Liaison:
ISO, IEC, JCA AHF, Q24 and Q26/SG16, ITU-D.
Supporting members:
UN-Habitat, Fiberhome, UAE, Saudi Arabia.
Summary:
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda "promotes equitable and affordable access to sustainable basic physical and social infrastructure for all, without discrimination, including, among other, information and communications technologies. We further commit ourselves to ensure that these services are responsive to the rights and needs of women, children and youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, migrants, indigenous peoples and local communities, as appropriate, and to those of others in vulnerable situations. In this regard, we encourage the elimination of legal, institutional, socioeconomic and physical barriers".
In the work of designing and building smart sustainable cities, "digital inclusion" means that urban and city infrastructure managers ought to consider activities and guidelines necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have access to smart city technologies in their communities and settlements, of adequate quality and also is well-placed to benefit from the deployments of emerging technologies (including IoT, Artificially Intelligent infrastructure, and big data) within their cities and settlements. The guidelines in this Supplement are intended to be applicable to all aspiring smart sustainable cities.
The Supplement will develop guidelines to promote digital inclusion.
Comment:
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