SUSTAINABILITY AND PROJECT MANAGERS

In recent years the global focus on issues such as sustainable development, climate changes, ethics, social responsibility and the environment is increased significantly. In order to clearly address the concept of sustainability, it is necessary to understand what Sustainable Development (SD) means. The concept of sustainability is based on balance or harmony between the three dimensions: social equity, environmental protection and economic prosperity. The sustainability challenges are of a very concrete nature: how to develop and implement projects that guarantee the protection of the planet’s natural resources and increasingly create wealth for more people In this paper with review researches in recent years and the gap between sustainability and project management,refers to the fundamental role of Project Managers and whether today s project managers with defined competencies in project management standards such as ICB and PMCD are able to implement the principles of sustainability in projects, Or they need to learn and train some additional competencies and skills

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project management ، project managers ، sustainability