bet on it big data and data science for training its own technicians and technicians at the state’s city council on topics such as regional and economic intelligence and strategic thinking. All this is to contribute decisively to improving decision-making on strategic issues. This is a nationally pioneering project initiated by the Alicante Provincial Council government team under the chairmanship of the popular Toni Pérez. The initiative was launched from the field of Economic Development and European Projects, directed by Alcoyan MP Carlos Pastor.
To launch this project, the Provincial Council held the first technical conference at MARQ facilities on economic intelligence applied to regional development. Two experts named Robert Maxwell and Hugo Zunzarren also participated in this event, in which 65 technicians from different municipalities in the province participated. intelligence for the security of the economy and the region and on the economic intelligence model. This first day also served to establish an intelligence community and introduce a bank of ideas. Both the intelligence community and the idea bank are key to the project, along with the training of technicians expected to exceed 200 people.
The plan launched by the Alicante provincial institution is part of a strategy that should be developed over the next five years and focuses on improving economic and regional intelligence. from Committee This is reportedly a process of strategic information exchange carried out by public administrations that produces information that helps understand regional dynamics and structures, with the aim of ultimately promoting sustainable, innovative, effective and efficient regional development. The goal of reducing uncertainty in decision-making and improving the strategic and economic vision of the region.
new service
The new service offered by the Provincial Council will be expressed through the Economic Development, Intelligence and Local Action Area, chaired by Deputy Carlos Pastor. It was born with the mission of producing the necessary information on regional intelligence to contribute to the elimination of uncertainty in decision-making regarding the economic development of the province as a whole. To do this, a series methodologiesEconomic and regional intelligence goes through extensive use of ICT and what is known as the intelligence cycle. This cycle helps to understand the steps required in making rational decisions and to separate the main functions in creating intelligence.
All of this allows for the creation of a meeting forum for individuals, institutions and organizations, replacing it with the provincial intelligence community and the creation of a bank of ideas. Through these two, the County Council’s plan aims to promote initiatives aimed at: region developmentTo support and realize profitable projects and initiatives that create employment and wealth. For this purpose, action will be taken with tools and parameters based on economic and regional intelligence. The ultimate aim of the project is to bring together all public and private actors operating in the province.
Embryo
«We are at the embryonic stage of what this project could turn into. Member of Parliament Carlos Pastor explains the philosophy of the project as follows: “This is about creating new professional profiles that administrations are already starting to need.” provincial institutionThis is also linked to the process of digitalization of the public service and what is known as Management 4.0. These profiles include those of statistical experts and data science management experts. «An idea from the Ministry of Economic Development. It is about putting data science, management and knowledge at the service of the region,” adds Pastor.
One of the Provincial Council technicians actively involved in this project is Ángel Navarro, director of the Area for Economic Development, Intelligence and Social Action. “It is important to pave the way for education” areas of intelligence and ideas. Once we do this, the project will be able to run on its own,” explains the technician. If all this happens, it is expected that two offices will be opened in the provincial institution in the medium term, one for regional forward-looking and the other for strategic planning. Navarro himself concludes: “The last key is the uncertainty in the decision-making process of the administrations is to reduce it.”