DC2-CF Knowledge-based Competencies
1. Governance and Management
1.1 Government, policy, and regulation
1.1.1 Degree of local autonomy in multilevel governance systems
1.1.2 Data protection regulatory frameworks
1.1.3 Legislative and regulatory landscape
1.1.4 Local-authority internal resources (incl. human and financial)
1.1.5 Best practice in policy mobility
1.2 Change and transformation
1.2.1 Requirements management
1.2.2 Organisational capability development
1.2.3 Process management and improvement
1.2.4 Project management
1.2.5 Benefits management
1.3 Stakeholders and collaboration
1.3.1 Structure of governance networks
1.3.2 Dynamics of governance networks
1.3.3 Resource distribution and pooling in governance networks
1.3.4 Governance network management
1.3.5 Accountability
1.3.6 Data ownership and accessibility (stakeholders)
1.3.7 Storytelling
1.3.8 Engagement methods and mechanisms (stakeholders)
1.3.9 Representativeness (stakeholders)
1.4 Citizen engagement and participation
1.4.1 Citizen science
1.4.2 Vulnerability and marginalisation effects
1.4.3 Engagement methods and mechanisms (citizens)
1.4.4 Transparency of governance processes
1.4.5 Co-creation methods and good practices
1.4.6 Accessibility of tools, engagement, and information
1.4.7 Privacy (concept, value)
1.4.8 Data ownership and accessibility (citizens)
1.4.9 Co-production of services
1.4.10 Representativeness (citizens)
1.4.11 Expectation management
1.5 Business models
1.5.1 Creation, delivery and capture of value
1.5.2 Innovation support mechanisms
1.5.3 Market research and business opportunities
1.5.4 Business integration opportunities
1.5.5 Openness of technology adoption
1.5.6 Funding landscape
1.5.7 Marketing and sales
1.5.8 Costs-benefit analysis
1.5.9 Customer preferences and interests
1.5.10 Operating models
1.6 Finance and procurement
1.6.1 Macro environment of sustainable investment priorities
1.6.2 Vendor management
1.6.3 Benchmarking and performance tracking
1.6.4 Financial risk analysis
1.6.5 Cost savings
1.6.6 Fund flow and profitability
1.6.7 Financial metrics and rate of return methods
1.6.8 Tax compliance
1.6.9 Financing tools
2. Digital and Technical
2.1 Digital technology trends
2.1.1 Landscape of digital tools and technologies
2.1.2 Disruptive innovation
2.1.3 Incremental innovation
2.1.4 Trend analysis
2.2 Technology applications
2.2.1 Measurement tools
2.2.2 Best practice (tool application)
2.2.3 Data collection tools and methods (quantitative & qualitative)
2.2.4 Monitoring tools and methods (quantitative & qualitative)
2.2.5 Benchmarking
2.2.6 Encryption
2.3 Data science and analytics
2.3.1 Data quality management
2.3.2 Data science lifecycle
2.3.3 Spatial and demographic analysis
2.3.4 Statistical and probabilistic methods
2.3.5 Metadata, ontologies and data models
2.3.6 Data sharing ecosystems
2.3.7 Data value chain
2.4 Urban systems and built environment
2.4.1 System performance indicators
2.4.2 Boundary spanning and management
2.4.3 Principles of system dynamics
2.4.4 Socio-technical innovation theory
2.4.5 Path dependence in build environment socio-technical systems
2.4.6 Architectures for Digital Cities
2.5 Cybersecurity
2.5.1 Cybersecurity policy, governance and people
2.5.2 Cybersecurity systems administration
2.5.3 Cybersecurity data administration
2.5.4 Cyber incident management and response
2.5.5 Critical urban infrastructure and resilience
3. Ethics and Responsible Innovation
3.1 Anticipating impact
3.1.1 Foresight / forecasting impact
3.1.2 Bias in data collection and sampling
3.1.3 Public value concept
3.1.4 Digital rights
3.1.5 Back-casting
3.1.6 Landscape of data ethics frameworks
3.2 Reflecting on causes and mechanisms
3.2.1 Agents (entities with agency) and behaviors
3.2.2 Macro-environment of global markets
3.2.3 Assumptions, beliefs, and values
3.2.4 Principles of critical thinking
3.2.5 Macro-environment of culture and practices
3.3 Deliberating options
3.3.1 Openness and inclusion
3.3.2 Empowerment in governance processes
3.3.3 Deliberation and debate in governance processes
3.3.4 Consensus seeking and conflict resolution
3.3.5 Co-creation in governance processes
3.4 Embedding responsiveness
3.4.1 Empowerment for responsiveness
3.4.2 Risk management concept
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