Smart Cities and Sustainable Development Training Course

Participants can design accountability arrangements for multi-agency smart city delivery.

• Mandate mapping across municipal departments, utilities, regulators and partners
• RACI matrices assigning decision rights, delivery roles and escalation routes
• Political economy analysis identifying incentives, interests and institutional constraints
• Steering committee terms of reference for cross-department programme oversight
• Public value trade-offs between efficiency, equity, privacy and resilience
• Intergovernmental coordination mechanisms for metropolitan and regional service systems

Participants can translate sustainable development commitments into city-level objectives and targets.

• SDG 11 targets connected to local plans, services and investments
• Crosswalks linking SDGs with climate, health, inclusion and economic outcomes
• Theory of change models connecting interventions to intended urban results
• Outcome statements separating policy results from projects, activities and outputs
• Equity lenses identifying distributional effects across neighbourhoods and population groups
• Target-setting rules using baselines, trajectories, affordability and implementation capacity

Participants can build an evidence-based baseline for a priority urban challenge.

• Problem trees separating root causes, direct causes and observable effects
• Baseline datasets combining administrative records, surveys, sensors and spatial data
• Disaggregated indicators revealing disparities by location, income, gender and disability
• Data quality checks covering completeness, timeliness, accuracy and comparability
• GIS hotspot analysis locating service gaps, risks and investment needs
• Evidence briefs synthesising data, resident feedback and operational observations

Participants can plan inclusive engagement for smart city policies, services and investments.

• Stakeholder power-interest grids identifying influence, needs and engagement approaches
• Participatory mapping capturing resident knowledge of service failures and risks
• Co-design sessions structured around user needs, constraints and service prototypes
• Accessibility requirements for older persons, disabled users and low-connectivity households
• Grievance mechanisms recording complaints, response times and resolution quality
• Communication plans explaining trade-offs, safeguards, benefits and delivery milestones

Participants can create a prioritised strategy linking city outcomes to coordinated initiatives.

• Strategic pillars translating city vision into bounded programme priorities
• Portfolio maps grouping initiatives by outcome, dependency, cost and maturity
• Multi-criteria analysis scoring impact, feasibility, equity, risk and readiness
• Pilot selection criteria preventing technology demonstrations without scale pathways
• Roadmaps sequencing policy reform, infrastructure, platforms and service redesign
• Benefits maps connecting project outputs to service and development outcomes

Participants can assess integrated mobility and spatial interventions within a smart city portfolio.

• Transit-oriented development principles linking density, access and public transport
• Complete streets audits assessing safety, accessibility, walking and cycling conditions
• Mobility-as-a-service models integrating tickets, routes, payments and customer information
• Intelligent transport systems assessed against congestion, safety and equity outcomes
• Land-use transport models informing corridor priorities and development scenarios
• Universal design standards applied to streets, stations and public spaces

Participants can identify practical pathways for cleaner, more efficient urban energy systems.

• City greenhouse gas inventories using the Global Protocol for Community-Scale GHG Emission Inventories
• Building energy benchmarking comparing consumption intensity across municipal facilities
• District energy options assessed for demand density, fuel supply and ownership
• Renewable energy procurement models for public buildings and municipal operations
• Demand-side management measures reducing peak loads and operating costs
• Energy performance contracts allocating savings, measurement and verification responsibilities

Participants can plan data-informed improvements to essential urban environmental services.

• Non-revenue water analysis using production, billing, pressure and leakage data
• Smart metering business cases tested against costs, equity and customer protection
• Solid waste flow mapping from generation through collection, sorting and disposal
• Circular economy interventions prioritising prevention, reuse, repair and material recovery
• Route optimisation principles for collection fleets, transfer stations and service zones
• Sanitation service chains identifying containment, emptying, treatment and reuse gaps

Participants can specify digital city services and platforms around public needs and standards.

• Reference architectures separating sensors, networks, platforms, applications and interfaces
• Interoperability requirements using open APIs, common identifiers and data standards
• Digital service design based on user journeys and assisted access
• Platform governance models defining ownership, operating roles and change control
• Vendor lock-in risks assessed through data portability and contract terms
• Digital inclusion measures addressing affordability, literacy, language and access channels

Participants can establish proportionate safeguards for urban data collection, sharing and use.

• Data inventories classifying datasets by owner, purpose, sensitivity and retention
• Privacy impact assessments identifying collection risks and mitigation controls
• Data-sharing agreements defining lawful purpose, access, responsibilities and safeguards
• Cybersecurity risk registers covering assets, threats, vulnerabilities and treatments
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework functions applied to city digital service operations
• Algorithmic accountability controls for automated decisions affecting residents and businesses

Participants can assess whether smart city interventions produce fairer and safer urban outcomes.

• Gender-responsive planning examining mobility, safety, care work and public space
• Universal access audits identifying physical, digital and communication barriers
• Safety-by-design principles for lighting, surveillance, reporting and emergency response
• Informal settlement upgrading priorities based on tenure, services and resident participation
• Digital divide assessments measuring device access, skills, affordability and trust
• Social innovation partnerships connecting municipal services with community-led solutions

Participants can integrate climate risk and resilience measures into city investment decisions.

• Climate risk assessments combining hazard, exposure, vulnerability and adaptive capacity
• Scenario planning testing infrastructure and service performance under climate shocks
• Nature-based solutions assessed for flood control, cooling and biodiversity benefits
• Resilience dividends identifying avoided losses, service continuity and social gains
• Critical infrastructure interdependency analysis for power, water, transport and telecommunications
• Emergency preparedness protocols linking early warning, response coordination and recovery

Participants can prepare affordable, accountable funding and procurement approaches for city initiatives.

• Lifecycle costing comparing capital, operating, renewal and disposal expenditures
• Cost-benefit analysis including social, environmental and distributional impacts
• Public-private partnership screening for risk transfer, value and fiscal exposure
• Output-based specifications defining service levels, performance measures and acceptance criteria
• Procurement evaluation matrices balancing quality, price, sustainability and delivery risk
• Blended finance structures combining municipal funds, grants, loans and private capital

Participants can manage implementation through clear milestones, indicators, risks and review routines.

• Logic models linking inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and longer-term impacts
• Results frameworks specifying indicators, baselines, targets, sources and reporting frequency
• Critical path schedules sequencing approvals, procurement, construction and service launch
• Risk registers assigning probability, impact, treatment actions and accountable owners
• Benefits realisation plans tracking adoption, service improvements and policy outcomes
• Adaptive management reviews using evidence to revise priorities, budgets and delivery plans

Participants can build, review and present a complete Smart Sustainable City Delivery Plan for a defined urban challenge.

• City challenge statement supported by baseline evidence and stakeholder priorities
• Theory of change linking proposed interventions to measurable sustainable outcomes
• Prioritised project portfolio tested for public value, feasibility and equity
• Governance model defining mandates, decision rights, partnerships and accountability
• Financing and procurement approach matched to project scale and risk
• Implementation roadmap integrating milestones, dependencies, indicators and review points