The Strategic and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector of Latin America and the Caribbean was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski.
The report was produced by the OECD Open and Innovative Government division (OIG), led by Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi, Acting Head of Division and Head of the OIG Digital Government and Data Unit, who provided strategic orientation and revisions. The project is framed under the OECD Global E-Leaders Initiative (GELI) to foster policy dialogue and co-operation on digital government and public sector data policies between OECD member and partner countries.
The report was drafted by Jamie Berryhill, Innovation Specialist, Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI); and Ricardo Zapata, Digital Government Policy Consultant. It was drafted with contributions from Felipe González-Zapata, Alex Seemann, Jacob Arturo Rivera Perez and Benjamin Welby, Policy Analysts, Digital Government and Data Unit. Colleagues from within the OECD reviewed the report and provided comments, including Daniel Gerson from the GOV Public Employment and Management Unit (PEM); Paulo Magina from the GOV Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division (IPP); Audrey Plonk from the Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate (STI) Digital Economy Policy Division (DEP); and Karine Perset, Luis Aranda and Laura Galindo-Romero from the OECD.AI Policy Observatory within STI DEP. The report also benefited from the expertise of the OECD Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials (E-Leaders). David McDonald provided editorial assistance.
The project itself would not have been possible without the contributions of CAF, Development Bank of Latin America. The report was drafted with guidance, contributions and input from Carlos Santiso, Director of CAF Governance Practice on Digital Innovation in Government; Maria Isabel Mejia, Senior Executive, Digital Innovation in Government; Nathalie Gerbasi, Senior Executive, Digital Innovation in Government; and Martha Rodriguez, consultant, Digital Innovation in Government, as well as the support of Pablo Sanguinetti, Vice-President of Knowledge.
Finally, the OECD and CAF team also wishes to acknowledge the contributions of numerous government officials who shared insights on their government’s policies, strategies and initiatives to advance AI in the public sector through structured interviews and virtual missions, including in-depth, fact-finding missions organised by Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Uruguay. We also thank stakeholders and experts who shared insights through interviews and discussions, and reviewed and commented on drafts of the report.