Madrid, July 29, 2024.- The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, José Luis Escrivá, thanked the disinterested collaboration of the more than 200 people who have integrated the 18 working groups that have debated various proposals in the Public Innovation Laboratory (LIP) of the INAP, thus fulfilling the second milestone of the transformation of the Administration based on consensus.
The Ministry published in March the Framework document "Consensus for an Open Administration" , thus giving the first step to the transformation of the Administration built in a participatory way with all stakeholders through an innovative methodology. This methodology, which will follow the implementation of the 18 projects included in the document, was composed of different phases. The first of these, in preparation, was to submit the document to public consultation (from 27 March to 30 April). Today’s event at the INAP concludes the second phase, the ideation of the projects led by the LIP.
The aim of the transformation process, which began with the idea of projects by the LIP’s working groups, is to promote an innovative change in the Public Administration, in its dual facet of digitalized internal operation and as a provider of quality public services.
Once the projects are defined, a new phase of participation will begin, and they will become the object of work of the participation laboratory in public policies (Hazlab). Subsequently, they will move on to a prototyping and deployment phase through the citizen laboratory of technological innovation (GobTechLab) and spaces of normative experimentation. This process is expected to be completed by 2026, with the external evaluation phase (ex post).
Minister Escrivá wanted to highlight the “highly participatory nature of the whole process”, highlighting the 93 contributions to the document, both from natural and legal persons, as well as the more than 800 requests received to be part of these 18 working groups. “A fact that shows the great interest of society to be part of this process”, said Escrivá, “and the heterogeneity of the same” since they have been integrated by members of the public and private sectors, as well as the third sector.
Some of the members of these groups come from the different public administrations, the Universities, citizen platforms, foundations, social agents (CEOE, UGT and CCOO) as well as some international entity. A total group of more than 200 people, who “have enriched the final result with their different professional experiences and perspectives,” the minister said.
After completing the design of the 18 projects in the INAP, a document has been obtained for each one, which consists of an initial identification of the problem, with the causes and consequences derived from it, as well as the possible solutions. By way of example, some ideas have been proposed: the configuration of permanent selection bodies for access to public employment; the development of a public management statute and the elaboration of a code of ethics applicable to this group; the development of the National Digital Portfolio; the establishment of an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) and an Electronic Archival Document Management System (EDMS) linked to the former, with the aim of implementing a common management policy throughout the AGE.