The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has highlighted Colombia as the benchmark implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the public sector, in its report published on March 27, 2022.
This is because the country has promoted key components such as automated decision-making, legal and ethical frameworks, impartiality and security in the public sector. In the report, Colombia came in ahead of nations such as Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Peru.
Colombia is now seen as a regional leader in the promotion of accountability in the public sector and the establishment of authoritative boards that contribute to AI initiatives.
In addition, management was rescued at the country level to form the Mission of Experts in Artificial Intelligence. This is a multi-stakeholder group made up of ten national and international experts, which meets regularly to assess the different dimensions of AI in the country. Also, its management focuses on giving concrete recommendations in the short, medium and long term.
It is important to mention that, in Colombia, these discussions are led by the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic and by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC). It also has the support of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank.
Furthermore, this recognition by the OECD for the implementation of AI in addition to the congratulation that the same entity made to the country’s education sector. On March 24, international representatives of the organization called the management “successful and effective”, since it managed to support its processes in digital media.
It was detailed that during this time the relevant skills in the labor market have been strengthened to train children and young people in machine learning, AI, source code programming, creative industries and digital animation. In addition, courses on integrated services and relational databases were offered.
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