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1 WORLD COUNCIL ON CITY DATA WCCD ISO STANDARDIZED CITY DATA TO MEET UN SDG TARGETS UN WORLD DATA FORUM Presented by: James Patava

2 PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST ISO STANDARD FOR CITIES

3 ISO OVERVIEW ISO includes 100 indicators (46 core and 54 supporting), which are structured around the following 17 themes Economy Governance Telecommunications Education Health Transportation Energy Recreation Urban Planning Environment Safety Wastewater Finance Fire & Emergency Response Shelter Solid Waste Water &

4 @wccitydata WORLD COUNCIL ON CITY DATA INCLUSIVE

5 WCCD CERTIFICATION LEVELS WCCD certification levels are based on the number of indicators reported by the city. The WCCD offers a wide range of certification levels. ASPIRATIONAL BRONZE SILVER GOLD PLATINUM Core Indicators Indicators Indicators Indicators Indicators 46 Core Supporting 46 Core Supporting 46 Core Supporting 46 Core

6 WORLD COUNCIL ON CITY DATA WELCOMING CITIES OF ALL SIZES TO BECOME ISO CERTIFIED 0 50,000 50, , , , , , , , ,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000

7 WCCD FOUNDATION AND ISO CERTIFIED CITIES

8 ISO FAMILY OF STANDARDS Indicators for Smart Cities ISO ISO Indicators for Resilient Cities ISO

9 WORLD COUNCIL ON CITY DATA THE WCCD OPEN CITY DATA PORTAL BUILDING HIGH QUALITY CITY

10 HOW INNOVATIVE IS MY CITY? High number of new patents registered per 100,000 population BOSTON, USA 190

11 HOW DO PEOPLE MOVE AROUND MY CITY? High percentage of commuters using alternative transportation LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM 74%

12 HOW CONNECTED IS MY CITY? Number of commercial flights AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Per year

13 HOW INNOVATIVE IS MY CITY? High number of higher education degrees per 100,000 TORONTO, CANADA 45,875

14 HOW PROSPEROUS IS MY CITY? High number of businesses per 100,000 LOS ANGELES, USA 12,316

15 THE WCCD OPEN CITY DATA PORTAL ANALYTICS FOR BENCHMARKING AND CITY-TO-CITY LEARNING CHOOSE A THEME

16 THE WCCD OPEN CITY DATA PORTAL ANALYTICS FOR BENCHMARKING AND CITY-TO-CITY LEARNING CHOOSE AN INDICATOR HIGH-CAPACITY PUBLIC TRANSIT LIGHT PASSENGER PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSIT TRIPS NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES MODE SHARE NUMBER OF 2-WHEELED VEHICLES BICYCLE PATHS 18.8 TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES 18.9 COMMERCIAL AIR CONNECTIVITY

17 THE WCCD OPEN CITY DATA PORTAL ANALYTICS FOR BENCHMARKING AND CITY-TO-CITY LEARNING CHOOSE AN INDICATOR HIGH-CAPACITY PUBLIC TRANSIT LIGHT PASSENGER PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSIT TRIPS NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES MODE SHARE NUMBER OF 2-WHEELED VEHICLES BICYCLE PATHS 18.8 TRANSPORTATION FATALITIES 18.9 COMMERCIAL AIR CONNECTIVITY

18 AN ACCESSIBLE CITY KM OF HIGH CAPACITY PUBLIC TRANSIT PER 100,000 POPULATION

19 WORLD COUNCIL ON CITY DATA THE WCCD AND `ISO SUPPORTING NATIONAL REPORTING ON THE GLOBAL GOALS SDGs

20 WHY SDG COUNTRY MONITORING MUST BE INFORMED BY CITY DATA Argentina 91.9 Netherlands 91 Australia 89.6 United Arab Emirates 85.8 United Kingdom 82.8 Canada 82 USA 81.8 Percentage Urban

21 % of Population Residing in Urban Areas WHY SDG COUNTRY MONITORING MUST BE INFORMED BY CITY DATA World Urbanization Africa Asia Europe South America North America

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25 Proposed SDG Target 1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions 1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance WCCD Indicator Recommendation(s) for Alignment with Global Standard, ISO Percentage of population living in poverty 15.1 Percentage of population living in slums Employment percentage change based on the last 5 years 15.3 Percentage of households that exist without registered legal titles 21.1 Percentage of population with potable water service 19.3 Areal size of informal settlements as a percentage of city area 15.2 Number of homeless per population 21.3 Percentage of population with access to improved sanitation 20.1 Percentage of population served by wastewater collection 1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters 10.3 Number of natural disaster related deaths per population

26 ISO Percentage of city population living in poverty

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29 Proposed SDG Target WCCD Indicator Recommendation(s) for Alignment with Global Standard, ISO Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries City Product per capita (USD) Average household income (USD) 5.1 City s unemployment rate 5.2 Assessed value of commercial and industrial properties as a percentage of total assessed value of all properties 8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors 8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services 5.7 Number of new patents per population per year 6.7 Number of higher education degrees per population Employment percentage change based on the last 5 years 5.6 Number of businesses per population Average household income (USD) 5.1 City s unemployment rate 5.2 Assessed value of commercial and industrial properties as a percentage of total assessed value of all properties. 5.3 Percentage of city population living in poverty

30 ISO Unemployment rate

31 Target By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impacts of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality, municipal and other waste management. ISO PM 2.5

32 SDGs AND DATA-INFORMED TARGETS CITY 2 AIR QUALITY SDG By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impacts of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality, municipal and other waste management. PM2.5 CONCENTRATION 25 µg/m 3 CITY 1 CITY 2 CITY 3 CITY 4 CITY

33 WORKING WITH NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN BUILDING CITY DATA Partnership with Statistics Netherlands CBS on Urban Data Centres signed Nov 2016 Collaborating on ISO certification for cities across the Netherlands MOU signed with Smart Cities Joint Lab MOHURD, China Building data for competitiveness & smart cities ISO being adopted by Standards Association of China WCCD Office in Beijing (MOHURD) Agreement with National Government of Mexico to be signed with SEDATU Pilot project for ISO certification with 6 cities Monitoring progress for SDGs City Data for India Initiative with Tata Trusts to support the Smart Cities Initiative in India Working with Surat, Pune and Jamshedpur for ISO certification City Data for India Roundtable on January 20,

34 WORKING WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS TO BUILD ANALYTICS AND TOOLS FOR EVIDENCE BASED DECISION

35 A4S FACILITATING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS +

36 BUILDING SMART NATIONS - NEW WCCD-CBS PARTNERSHIP Promote the use of ISO-certified city indicators as a key platform for cities in the Netherlands and globally to become more smart, sustainable, resilient, prosperous and inclusive. Amsterdam Eindhoven Heerlen Rotterdam

37 Amsterdam Rotterdam Heerlen Eindhoven

38 INVITATION TO THE WCCD GLOBAL CITIES SUMMIT MARCH 7-9, 2017 DUBAI Dataforcities.org/summit

39 WORLD COUNCIL ON CITY DATA THANK #dataforcities

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