## Smart Cities Policy Benchmarking Tool

For cities: use the tool to advance your governance policies, curated by experts and based on consensus. Not a city: join our network of contributors to provide support and expertise. Benchmark innovation-friendly procurement, open data, cyber accountability, cyber resilience, open contracting, ICT accessibility and 'dig once' best practices.


### Member Login

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## Benefits of using the tool

The tool currently includes digital assessments for ICT accessibility, innovation-friendly procurement, cyber accountability, cyber resilience, open data, open contracting, and dig once based on the Alliance's model policies.

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## As a City


### Real-Time City Assessment Results

Identify strengths and gaps in your city's smart city governance policies and benchmark against other cities in your region.


### Connect to a Network of SMEs & Peers

Your city will become part of a wide network of subject matter experts and city peers who can help support the implementation process.


### Custom Recommended Actions & Resources

Use the recommended actions and resources to help guide your policy implementation.


### Track Your Actions & Implementation

Set a timeline and goals for your selected recommended actions. Use this estimated timeline for your city's high-level IT and planning strategy.


## As a Contributor


### Join a Taskforce

Join a taskforce for an upcoming model policy. Partners of the Forum can become a part of the expert working group.


### Provide Expert Support

Cities looking to implement policies changes will have a wide network of subject matter experts and city peers to help guide them on their implementation journey.


### Recommend Resources

Recommend your organization's frameworks, case studies, or tools to support upcoming or existing model policies.


### View Cities' Priorities

Upcoming feature:  View the aggregated results of the cities model policy maturity.


## How to use the tool

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## Take an assessment

Start your journey by choose one of the model policies to take a self-assessment. These assessments can be completed by one or more members of your city's organization. Once started you can simply save and exit if you need to come back to a question before submitting the assessment for scoring.


## View results and recommended actions

Once an assessment is submitted, your city's results will be displayed. Your city will receive a score out of 100 and you will be able to see the average results from cities in your region. Depending on your answers on the next step you will see a list of recommended actions and the related resources to help guide you to complete that action. Select the actions your city would like to prioritize.


## Track and implement your action plan

Create a simple timeline to track the actions that are selected. This can help your city set long-term goals and improve your city's Smart City policy maturity. The Model Policy and related resources will help guide your city towards successful implementation of the recommended action. The G20 Global Smart City Alliance has a network of subject matter experts and city leaders that are ready to support your city along the way. Once an action is complete, mark as complete in the action progress page and your city's score will be updated.


### Acknowledgement

The Smart Cities Benchmarking Tool were developed in collaboration with Accenture. The Innovation-Friendly Procurement Digital Assessment was developed in collaboration with the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia and the Connected Places Catapult.


### Shape the future of cities

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