Sustainable Smart City profile is a set of outcomes and recommendations, in the form of a report and subsequently a publication, which UNECE issues based on the assessment of key performance indicators: economy, environment, society and culture.

In 2018, to identify the needs of the city and attract foreign investors, Astana Innovations together with the akimat of Nur-Sultan began to develop Sustainable Smart City profile of the capital. Thus, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) acted as a foreign partner with a developed methodology for collecting data on key performance indicators (KPIs) for smart sustainable cities as part of the United Sustainable Cities project.

In 2019, AIN started data collection and analysis, and made a survey of the city's stakeholders. By the end of this work the 92 key indicators were developed and the main points of Nur-Sultan growth were identified.

Based on this profile of a “Smart, Sustainable city”, UNECE experts developed and presented recommendations to improve the infrastructure of Nur-Sultan.

In November 2020, Nur-Sultan City Profile was presented at the international UN platform in Geneva, Switzerland.

To read recommendations please visit UNECE website: https://unece.org/housing/nursultan-cityprofile