Dimitar Hristov, Cluster Sofia Knowledge City

As it was pointed out in the previous articles thanks to the project Skills4Cities we came to the conclusion that three professions are among the most relevant for facing the challenges of the smart city projects implementation and they are.

• Smart city project developer
• Smart city project manager and
• Smart city project management consultant.

This, the fourth and last from the series of consecutive articles on this topic is about the job role of the Smart City Project Advisor.

Dimitar Hristov, Cluster Sofia Knowledge City

This is the second article from the total of four consecutive articles I started at the beginning of November on the topic of professional roles (professions) the smart cities need. 

In the project Skills4Cities, we have identified as most important for transforming the cities into smart cities the following three key professions.

• Smart city project developer
• Smart city project manager and
• Smart city project management consultant (advisor)

As it was pointed out in the previous article, thanks to the project Skills4Cities we came to the conclusion that three professions are among the most relevant for facing the challenges of the smart city projects implementation and they are:

• Smart city project developer
• Smart city project manager and
• Smart city project management consultant (advisor)

This, the third consecutive article is about the second from the mentioned above job roles, the Smart city project manager (PM).

Author:

Dimitar Hristov, Cluster Sofia Knowledge City

I think that attracting talents will be one of the most important success factors for cities' management. I do expect to begin a "war" in the frontline of HR (or it has already started) next decade between cities at the global as well as at a regional level. In this war, the role of project managers, advisers, and business developers specialized in the smart city context will become a powerful and long-range gun.

This was the reason to run the project Skills4Cities, which already passed halfway through its implementation.