Developing Smart City Ambassadors in Oman
Backhouse, Judy and Al-Hadhrami, Laila, "Developing Smart City Ambassadors in Oman" in Building on Smart Cities Skills and Competences: Human factors affecting smart cities development ed. Fitsilis, Panos (Cham: Springer, 2022), 201-216.
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Author Backhouse, Judy
Al-Hadhrami, LailaBook Editor Fitsilis, Panos Chapter Title Developing Smart City Ambassadors in Oman Book Title Building on Smart Cities Skills and Competences: Human factors affecting smart cities development Publication Date 2022-07 Place of Publication Cham Publisher Springer Start page 201 End page 216 Language eng Abstract Developing skills for smart cities need not happen only through formal educational programs. This chapter describes an initiative in Oman to develop a group of smart city ambassadors who are expert in some aspect of smart cities and to use these ambassadors to share knowledge with other stakeholders and contribute their expertise to smart city projects. The program provided an innovative, low-cost approach that contributed to developing a supportive ecosystem for smart cities. This chapter uses a case study approach to examine the key factors of the structure and operation of the program that contributed to its success as well as the skills development outcomes that were achieved. We discuss the potential for replicating the study as good practice in other contexts. Keyword Skills
Smart city
Digital transformationCopyright Holder Springer Copyright Year 2022 Copyright type All rights reserved ISBN 9783030978181 DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-97818-1_12 -
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