Scarce information is available regarding access to essential services for persons with disabilities or their general disability-specific everyday needs within an urban environment. In addition to this, there is limited dedicated technical expertise on critical issues, such as accessibility, gender equality and safety, data & statistics, WASH, health and nutritional services, employment, education, inclusive housing, climate change and disability inclusive disaster risk reduction, and disability inclusive programming in the Smart Cities Mission. However, to make disability-inclusive and sustainable development a reality, it is very important that rights implementers/Smart City officials across Smart Cities are capacitated; and relevant knowledge and advocacy materials are developed for implementation of the RPWD Act, the CRPD Convention and the SDGs. Consequently, to fulfil the transformative commitment of the New Urban Agenda to “Leave No One Behind”, local governments need to incorporate disability in urban policy, planning and programming to achieve the urban SDGs, specifically SDG 11 for sustainable and inclusive cities and SDG 6 for equitable access to clean water and sanitation; and strengthen the participation of local communities in decision-making processes. Therefore, to fill this gap, it is important to undertake capacity development programmes for city officials and other concerned actors. This proposal also stems from the results of a Training Needs Assessment conducted by NIUA-AIILSG with 30 Indian cities to understand the issues and challenges being faced by Smart Cities in the implementation of projects related to accessibility which highlighted the lack of understanding of laws and policies, the complex bidding patterns and most importantly, awareness on disability-specific urban inclusion issues. The capacity development programmes should thus, not only engage with city officials, practitioners and other stakeholders to address the issue of lack of awareness regarding the need for improved accessibility for persons with disabilities including limited understanding of legal frameworks and commitments that make accessibility mandatory in planning and implementation but, should also intend to discuss innovative and practical methods for ULBs, SPVs and project management teams to mainstream disability inclusion (accessibility features and universal design) in all stages of development including master plans, DPRs, RFPs and other related bidding processes for vendor selection as well as monitoring and evaluation mechanisms