Rafael Ferrando Carrasco will lead the scientific coordination area of the ACIISI

The Department of Universities, Science, Innovation and Culture of the Government of the Canary Islands has appointed Rafael Ferrando Carrasco as the new Head of the Area of Coordination and Interrelation of Research, Innovation and Information Society of the Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society (ACIISI). The decision was adopted through the Order of October 29, 2026, which resolves the open call for the appointment of position number 12312410 and is published in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands no. 227, of November 12, 2026, in section II of authorities and personnel, with official reference 3913.

A position announced in July and resolved in October

The procedure was processed in the Technical General Secretariat of the department, which had announced the position via resolution of July 9, 2026, published in the BOC no. 146, of July 22, 2026. Prior to the appointment, two mandatory reports were added to the file: that of the Technical General Secretariat, dated October 21, 2026, regarding the fulfillment of requirements by the applicants, and the proposal report from the Director of ACIISI, dated October 23, 2026.

The Order also invokes the circumstances and merits alleged by the applicant, assessed according to the sixth basis of the call, and resolves the appointment following the free appointment procedure typical of trust positions within the regional Administration.

Technical profile and position conditions

The appointed official is a career staff member of the Higher Facultative Body, Engineering and Architecture Scale, assigned to the specialties of Industrial Engineering (INN) and Telecommunications Engineering (TEL). The conditions detailed in the Order are as follows:

• Level: 29.
• Specific supplement: 80 points.
• Classification group: A1, career official status.
• Administration of origin: Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands.
• Working day: normal.
• Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Coordination functions for the entire Agency

The position assumes the prior and mandatory validation of the proposed resolutions from the service heads assigned to the Area before they are signed by the head of the management center, as well as the proposed resolutions within the functional scope of the Area. It is also responsible for coordinating, interrelating, and communicating all activity developed by ACIISI, controlling collaboration with other entities, and providing support and advice to the Director of the Agency.

The Order also attributes to them the control and monitoring of the tasks of the personnel under their charge and the communication of any incidents that may occur to the competent body, along with the functions inherent to their corps and scale and those provided for in the organizational regulations of the Autonomous Community.

Deadlines for cessation and taking office

The appointee shall cease in their current job position within three days from the day following the publication of the Order and must take office within the same period if they reside on the same island, or within one month if they reside outside of it, counted from the day following the cessation. Against the resolution, which ends the administrative route, an optional appeal for reversal may be filed before the Ministry within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months. The Order is signed by the counselor Migdalia María Machín Tavío.

The appointment comes weeks after Decree 151/2026, of October 19, approved the Organic Regulation of the department and configured ACIISI as a superior body with the rank of Vice-Ministry reporting directly to the counselor. Filling this area leadership position is key to the ordinary functioning of the Agency, as it is situated at the control point for proposals submitted to the management and in the dialogue with other entities collaborating in the Canarian R&D&i policy.

Source: Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, no. 227, of November 12, 2026, section II (Authorities and personnel), page 41059 (official reference: 3913).