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Ismael Peña-López

Soy Ismael Peña-López.

Soy profesor e investigador en los Estudios de Derecho y Ciencia Política de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2005-2018; 2024-).

He sido Director de la Escuela de Administración Pública de Catalunya (2021-2024) y Director General de Participación Ciudadana y Procesos Electorales en la Generalitat de Catalunya (2018-2021).
He sido también director fellow de Innovación Abierta de la Fundació Jaume Bofill e investigador senior en Open Evidence

Mis principales ámbitos de trabajo son el impacto de las TIC en la sociedad (e-Readiness, brecha digital), especialmente en el desarrollo (e-Inclusión, ICT4D) y las instituciones educativas (e-Learning, competencia digital) y políticas (e-participación, e-democracia).

Noticias

Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans

On 10-11 June 2025 I took part as a trainer in Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA)'s "Seasonal School on Talent Management: Structured Succession Planning for Future-Ready Public Administrations" which dealt, as the title says, about the strategies to be prepared and tasks to be performed when a public servant retires, an issue that is becoming more and more important as the demography of western economies shifts towards seniority.

Front cover of Peña-López, I., Pogačar, P., Kiviloo, S. & Coirint, Y. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 1: Analysis and Recommendations. Podgorica: ReSPA.
Peña-López, I., Pogačar, P., Kiviloo, S. & Coirint, Y. (2025). Knowledge Package for Succession Planning in the Western Balkans. Volume 1: Analysis and Recommendations. Podgorica: ReSPA.
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REPORT. Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Public Procurement for Artificial Intelligence. A Mission-Oriented Playbook

Cover of "Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Public Procurement for Artificial Intelligence"
Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Public Procurement for Artificial Intelligence
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For the last months I have been working analysing the public procurement of artificial intelligence solutions in Public Administration. The results have now been published as a playbook: Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Public Procurement for Artificial Intelligence. A Mission-Oriented Playbook.

The general goal of the research, fostered and commissioned by ParticipationAI, is whether AI is just a regular ...

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ICT4D Blog

28/03/2025

Working bibliography on public procurement of Artificial Intelligence (updated)

The text: Working bibliography on public procurement of Artificial Intelligence

I am collaborating with ParticipationAI on finding out what would be an ideal model of stakeholder engagement in the life-cycle of public procurement of Artificial Intelligence.

So far, I've put together a collection of works related with AI in public Administration, in a very broad sense. Here it comes. All suggestions are welcome.

Working bibliography

Ada Lovelace Institute, AI Now Institute & Open Government Partnership (2021). Algorithmic Accountability for the Public Sector. London: Ada Lovelace Institute, AI Now Institute, Open Government.
Ada Lovelace Institute (2022). NMIP algorithmic impact assessment User guide. London: Ada Lovelace Institute.
Agencia Tributaria (2024). Estrategia de Inteligencia Artificial. Madrid: Agencia Tributaria.
AI Now Institute (2018). Algorithmic Accountability Policy Toolkit. New York: AINOW.
Ajuntament de Barcelona (2022). Definició de metodologies de treball i protocols per a la implementació de sistemes algorítmics. Llibre blanc. Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona.

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2023-08-22 12:49:44 Managing complexity for systemic impact: responses to VUCA and BANI environments

Sociedad Red Blog

06/12/2025

¿Hay demasiados observatorios públicos?

Cada vez que un tema entra en la agenda pública, la Administración crea un observatorio. Hay tantos que es imposible saber cuántos existen. Algunos son fundaciones, consorcios o asociaciones formalmente constituidas, pero muchos otros no dejan de ser comisiones de trabajo a las que se ha bautizado como observatorios.

El movimiento contrario también existe: la tentación de un nuevo gobierno es pasar la guadaña por todo aquello que parezca superfluo, empezando por observatorios, ...

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