Five candidates submitted themselves to the public call launched last June to direct the Juan Gil-Albert Alicante Cultural Institute. Three of the five candidates are on the provisional list of those accepted who met the requirements in the documents submitted, and among them is the former Provincial Deputy for Culture and the former mayor of Benissa. Juan Bautista Roselló TentJournalist from INFORMACIÓN’s Culture department Cristina Martínez Álvarez and Economics graduate Laia Vila MerceHe is originally from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The remaining two namesMª José Martínez GangaYouth informant and cultural manager at Sax City Council Diego Gerardo Rey Aristimuno– those temporarily excluded from the provisional list of applicants: firstly, because they do not offer the degree or equivalent higher qualification, and secondly, because they submitted their applications after the deadline as stated in the Official Gazette of the Province (BOP). ) was released this Tuesday.
BOP announcement gives some time five business days for claimsIt will begin the day after it is published on the BOP and therefore the list will not be final until the claims at issue, if any, are resolved.
The published decree also determines the members of the Evaluation Commission that will evaluate the candidates. Mª José Argudo PoyatosDirector of the Cultural Area of the Alicante Provincial Council; from the secretary Amparo Koninckx FrasquetJuan Gil-Albert, secretary of the Alicante Cultural Institute; and vowels Jorge Agatangelo Soler DíazTechnical director of the Gravina Museum of Fine Arts.
The position of cultural director of the Gil-Albert Institute was professionalized this year, with the call launched last June; This means that it is no longer an honorary position paid for attendance at meetings, but becomes part of the Institute’s staff through creation. salaried professional management position 58,000 euros per year.
However, the appointment of the cultural person responsible for the institute, who has been selected by the Provincial Institute Presidency since its establishment due to its honorary nature, has been carried out through a merit competition supported by the then Deputy of Culture since 2020. Julia ParraBoth were elected in 2020, when Mª Teresa Pérez Vázquez was summoned again in 2021 after her early dismissal, and on the 4th it fell to Pilar Tébar, who was appointed director general of Cultural Heritage of the Department of Culture and Sports of the Generalitat Valenciana. of August.