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Cities & Standards.
The Example of ISO/TC 268
Sustainable cities and communities
Breakfast-Meeting
SETTING THE STANDARD: ENERGY MANAGEMENT for
SUSTAINABLE ACTION PLANS
Holger Robrecht, Deputy Regional Director, ICLEI Europe

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OVERVIEW
Starting points
A European Reference Framework for
Sustainable Cities …
About standards.
ISO Technical Committee (TC) 268 – an overview
Questions & answers
In brief …

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A motivation to engage in standardisation

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Growing awareness of the interconnectedness of urban development issues;
Increasing number (and confusion) of sustainabiity related commitments;
Obvious pressure to foster and mainstream sustainable development globally and through
local action;
Political and factual emphasis on urban areas as part of the problem and part of the solution;
Relatively slow up-take of integrated sustainable development programmes in cities and
towns in Europe and globally;
Lack of local capacities to implement sustainable urban development programmes;
Lack of clear mandates based on legal requirements;
Lack of commonly agreed (quality) criteria for sustainability management processes and
support services
Growing number of initiatives to benchmarking and rating of cities based on indicators
- including by the private sector – merely uncomparable and of diverting quality
MOTIVATION TO ENGAGE IN
STANDARDS

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Urge to act
• New, dynamic needs and action areas (adaptation; resilience; ‚smart‘, integrated
Infrastructures);
• inconsistent labels (smart city, resilient city, green city, blue city, healthy city) and
instruments (metrics, indicators, management, planning) for local sustainability
• Ongoing standardisation at international and European level (incl. already published
standards)
Innovation pressure
• dynamic technology development
• Increasing orientation towards ethics and impact of investments
Insecure procedures
• Overarching sustainability objectives on all levels (UN, EU, national)
• Missing reference framework for sustainability management and indicators
• Incoherent reporting between governmental levels

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OBJECTIVES
Urban Transformation needs
• Structural and procedural support
• Leveraging by thematic and programmatic integration
• Inclusiveness – in procedures and results
Local Sustainability needs
• Local values and objectives
• Coherence (multi-level governance)
• Responsibility, reliability, binding character
• Participation in implementation - Identification

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A European Reference Framework
for Sustainable Cities

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 The EU Urban Thematic
Strategy (2005)
 The EU Sustainable
Development Strategy
(2006)
 The Aalborg Commitments
(2004)
 The 7th Environmental
Action Plan (2013)
 The Territorial Agenda
(2008)
 The Covenant of Mayors
(2008)
 The EU Urban Reference
Framework (2008)
 Bristol, Leipzig, Marseille, Toledo
(2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
EUROPEAN SUSTAINABILITY
FRAMEWORK IS GROWING
(MAIN UP-DATE)
 The EU Urban Agenda
(Amsterdam Pact, forthcoming
 Mayors Adapt Initiative
(2014)
 Smart Cities Initiative (2014)
 EU Energy Union (2015)
 EU Green Infrastructure Strategy (2014)
 EU Adaptation Strategy (2012)
 UN SDG (2015)
 EU Urban Mobility Package
(2013)
 UN Urban Agenda (2016)
 Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (2017)
 EU Biodiversity Strategy
(2011)  The EU 2020 Strategy (2010)

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COMPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
– OR CONFUSION?

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About standards

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A LIFE WITHOUT STANDARD WOULD BE
RATHER DIFFICULT …
Source: Kim Christiansen, Denmark

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SUSTAINABILITY IN ISO STANDARDS
– SOME EXAMPLES
And specific :
• Anti-bribery
• Biofuels
• Business districts (IWA 2011)
• Ceramic tiles systems
• Cocoa
• Construction and construction products
• Cork
• Earth-moving machinery
• Events
• Information safety
• Nanotechnology
• Procurement
• Soil remediation
• Tourism
• Tractors
ISO and CEN facilitate
standardization
Horizontal
• All technical committees and working groups
(shall) contribute to sustainable development
• ISO 26000 Social responsibility
• ISO Guide 82 Guide for addressing sustainability
in standards
• ISO/TC 268 Sustainable development and
resilience of communities
• Management system
• Indicators
• Metrics
Source: Kim Christiansen, Denmark

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DESCRIPTION – STATE OF TECHNOLOGY (HOW)
• Tecniques & Technologies
• Procedures & Methods
• Formal & informal Standards
COMPARABILITY
• Support to dissemination („Mainstreaming‘)
• Quality assuarance (e.g. for reference in procurement of consultancy services or trainings)
• ‚Peer to peer‘-approach for confidence
ORIENTATION
• Bridging insecurities in implementation in case of lacking legal requirements
• Learning administration: reference, description, support to ‚follow the example‘
• Support in acting in uncertainty (new areas of work and knowledge)
WHAT CAN STANDARDS SUPPORT?

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ISO 371xx.
A standard family for sustainable cities

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ISO/TC 268
Sustainable Cities and Communities
(France)
ISO/TC 268/SC 1
Smart Community
Infrastructures
(Japan)
WG 1
Management
System Standards
(France)
ISO 37101 (veröff.)
Sustainable
development in
communities -
Management
system for
sustainable
development -
Requirements with
guidance for use
ISO/WD 37104
Sustainable
development in
communities -
Guidance for
practical
implementation in
cities
WG 2
City Indicators
(Canada)
ISO 37120
Sustainable
development of
communities -
Indicators for city
services and quality
of life (in Revision)
ISO/NP 37122
XXX - Indicators for
Smart Cities
ISO/NP 37123
XXX - Indicators for
Resilient Cities
ISO/DTR 37121
XXX - Inventory and
review of existing
indicators on
sustainable
development and
resilience in cities
WG 3
Vocabulary
(UK)
ISO/DIS 37100
Sustainable
development in
communities –
Vocabulary
ISO/NP 37105
Sustainable
development in
communities -
Descriptive
framework for cities
and communities
WG 4
Strategies for smart
cities and
communities
(UK)
ISO/CD 37106
Sustainable
development in
communities -
Guide to
establishing
strategies for smart
cities and
communities

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ISO 37101 – MANAGEMENTSYSTEM-
STANDARD – SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITIES
Aims
Support of cities to become resilient, smart and sustainable;
Cities and communities of any size, structure and type in developed and
developing countries;
Use in total or parts to improve sustainability performance;
• But: communities that wish to get certified will need to comply with all
requirements without exception in a coherent sustainability management system;
Capacitizing cities and communities to establish local sustainability initiatives;
Support sustainability purposes of a city or community and appropriate planning
and management procedures for attainment.
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ISO 37101 –
PURPOSES AND ISSUES
6 purposes:
• Attractiveness
• Preservation and
improvement of environment
• Resilience
• Responsible resource use
• Social Cohesion
• Well-being
12 issues
• Governance, empowerment and
engagement;
• Education and capacity building;
• Innovation, creativity and research;
• Health and care in the community;
• Culture and community identity;
• Living together, interdependence and
mutuality;
• Economy and sustainable production and
consumption;
Cities and communities shall identify, weight and document relevant
purposes and issues for achieving their sustainability targets
• Living and working
environment;
• Safety and security;
• Community infrastructures;
• Mobility;
• Biodiversity and
ecosystem services

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ISO 37120 OVERVIEW
ISO 37120 includes 100 indicators (46 core and 54 supporting), which are
structured around the following 17 themes
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment
Finance
Fire & Emergency
Response
Governance
Health
Recreation
Safety
Shelter
Solid Waste
Telecommunications
Transportation
Urban Planning
Wastewater
Water & Sanitation
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ISO/TC 268/SC 1
Smart Community Infrastructures
(Japan)
WG 1
Infrastructure metrics
(Japan)
ISO/NP 37153
Smart community
infrastructures – Maturity
model for assessment
and improvement of
performance and Impact
WG 2
Integration and
interaction framework for
smart community
infrastructures
(Japan)
ISO/TR 37152 (veröff.)
Smart community
infrastructures --
Common framework for
development and
operation
ISO/PWI 21574-1
Framework for
integration and operation
of smart community
infrastructures – Part 1:
Guidelines for managing
the opportunities and
challenges from
interactions in smart
community
infrastructures from all
aspects through the life-
cycle
WG 3
Smart transportation
(Japan)
ISO/DIS 37154
Smart community
infrastructures -- Best
practice guidelines for
transportation
ISO/WD 37157
Smart community
infrastructures Smart
transportation for
compact cities
ISO/WD 37158
Smart community
infrastructures Battery-
powered bus
transportation systems
to solve environmental
and safety issues in
cities
AHG 2
Best practice guidelines
for transportation
(Japan)
ISO/AWI 37104
Sustainable
development in
communities - Guide to
establishing strategies
for smart cities and
communities
AHG 3
Data exchange and
sharing for smart
community
infrastructures
(Japan)
ISO/PWI 21588
Guidelines on Data
Exchange and Sharing
for Smart Community
Infrastructures

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Who is addressed by standards?
• All that would engage in local sustainability planning and management, local governments in particular
(for management procedures, procurement).
• Companies, investors, auditors
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is the state of process?
• Some standards are published (ISO 37101, ISO 37120). Some pilots to inform revision.
Who can engage?
• All. Also cities and their associations are invited to participate in standardisation either directly or
through public consultations.
Who produces and publishes standards?
• Working groups based on work item proposals.
• Procedure involves several steps of commenting at national and international level.
• Publication is done by ISO following balloting procedure.

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Do cities need to follow ISO 371xx?
• No. Cities may use standards, if wished (Motto: ‚Learn from others ‘; ‚from pilot to mainstream‘).
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Are standards mandatory? Or could they be?
• Standards are voluntary.
• They could get mandatory through self-commitment or certification. Also, once introduced, procedures
tend to be durable.
• References in legal text could generate obligation. A legal reference, however, would be legally and
technically assessed. Then, obligation is generated by legislation, not by the standard itself. It can be
assumed that, then, the government would like to see the obligation established, anyways
Is a benchmarking intended or established?
• Not implicit. It is intended that performance is measured against ambition. However, third parties might offer
benchmarking – as long as cities would like to voluntary participate therein (eg. World Council on City
Data).

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Are cities obliged to use certain indicators?
• No. Application is voluntary, unless participation in programme of a third party is envisaged (eg. WCCD)
• The management system according to ISO 37101 supports prioritization based on matrix with six
‚purposes‘ and 12 ‚issues‘. Monitoring of performance along these priorities may use ISO 37120
indicators.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Is ISO 37120 applicable in EU?
• To a limited extend: certain data might not be able delineate to the given administrative borders of cities.
• The revised standard 37120 might be able to support implementation of UN SDG and RFSC.
Is ISO 371xx ‚economy friendly‘?
• Yes, but also not ‚hostile‘ to public sector. Core aspects include ‚foresight‘, ‚reliability‘, ‚monitoring and
verification.
• The 371xx familiy can be used as reference document for education, consultation, audits as well as it
support a common terminology.

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Will standards replace or influence local policy processes?
• Local debates will be supported, not replaced, through:
• ISO 37101 aims at capacitizing cities and communities to better coordinate the participatory development and
implementation of a local sustainability programme within a reliable procedure. The standard supports ‚good
governance‘ by describing a coherent, community-based management approach including guidance to ‚smartness‘
and ‚resilience‘. A practical guidance for cities on the ‚how‘ is under development (ISO 37104). The ‚what‘ is left to
local decision-making.
• ISO 37120 recommends a selection of indicators for local reporting on life-quality. The selection is voluntary and
based on local priorities.
• ISO 37150 provides a reference framework for ‚smart urban infrastructures‘ based on use cases.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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IN BRIEF
● Cities increasingly are considered ‘global players’
for sustainable development..
● Reliable procedures and supporting instruments can
help cities to implement cities’ commitments
effectively and efficiently and prove performance.
● Standards can serve cities as reference and quality
assurance in their sustainability processes dienen.
● Global policy processes for sustainable
development consider cities as integrated part of
policy development and implementation..

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THANK YOU!
holger.robrecht@iclei.org