New professional competencies in Public Administration: Project Management and Sole Responsible Project Manager in the new Procurement Code

In recent years, businesses have undergone profound organizational changes driven by rapid societal shifts. This phenomenon has led to an increased demand for effective and efficient services, laying the groundwork for a new approach to Public Administration management. Nowadays, the challenge that Public Administration is facing is related to not only to the reconfigu-ration of its organizational models, but also to achieve the endowment in terms new professional competencies for personnel to ensure the delivery of services capable with the aim to create public value. In fact, [3] and [8] emphasize the importance of knowledge integration in an interdisciplinary research project. In addition, the importance of understanding organization-al structure and identifying knowledge integration problems is emphasized. Furthermore, interdisciplinarity, that is, collaboration between different disciplines, implies an increase in knowledge integration. In this context, new organizational models are emerging, necessitating the introduction, not as an option but as an imperative, of new professional roles and related competencies, such as the Sole Responsible Project Manager (SRPM). This contribution, starting with a reflection on the evolution of organizational models, aims to investigate the fundamental role played by Project Man-agement [4] and the role of SRPM, in redefining management dynamics within public administrations. Thus, it transitions from exploring the sci-entific literature to analyzing the Italian regulatory framework and the sig-nificance of standards UNI ISO 21502:2021 and UNI 11648:2022 as es-sential guidelines for the management of public projects. Specifically, it delves into the role of the SRPM and the importance of Project Management in addressing challenges and future prospects in the Italian public admin-istration.