Laia Traveset Solé assumes the role of Director General of Accreditation and Service Provision. Traveset holds a degree in Business Administration and Management and a master's in advanced public management from the UB, along with a study program on the European Union's economic aspects and community policies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). Her career includes team leadership, strategic planning, budget management, and institutional coordination. Previously, she was responsible for the territorial implementation of investment promotion projects within the same department, where she coordinated the Program Contract with local entities and led the development of the new Convention for Social Co-responsibility with Local Authorities 2027-2030. She also worked at the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and various departments of the Generalitat, specializing in managing projects funded by European funds.
Meanwhile, Núria Castellà i Pouget will be the new Director of Services for the Department. Castellà is an economist from the UB, with a master's in public management (UOC and EAPC) and a postgraduate degree in economics and management of regional and local finance (UB). Until now, she served as head of the economic and administrative services area at the Barberà del Vallès City Council for ten years, overseeing economic, budgetary, and tax management, as well as designing e-government tools. Previously, she was an auditor in Barberà del Vallès and for the consortia of Parc Central del Vallès and Vallès Occidental waste. She also worked at the Sabadell City Council in budget management and subsidy justification. Since 2022, she has been a member of the permanent commission for Public Management at the Col·legi d’Economistes de Catalunya and co-director of the Economic Management Seminar 2026.
