ICTlogy

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.

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

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 technology that can be purchased yet as another commodity, or is it "something else". Our thesis is that, effectively, it is much more than something else. And that, at least, two crucial aspects should be taken into account:

• Purpose, aimed at the public interest.
• Impact, as it has a high transforming potential.

In both cases, we believe that the meaningful concurrence of a plural diversity of actors is strictly necessary at all stages of the life cycle of AI. Thus, Ai procurement needs ...

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