Quotes

AI is one of the most transformative technologies of our time. It holds the potential for governments to reshape and improve how public services are delivered, how policies are made...
Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance OECD
The main message that [the OECD report] brings us is that things change and can change for the better.
Francisco Gaetani, Extraordinary Secretary for State Transformation, Brazil
Citizen trust grows when integrity becomes an institutional practice and public management is based precisely on evidence of change.
Esteban Viveros Pérez, Deputy Secretary for the Strengthening and Monitoring Public Integrity, Ecuador
Without trust there is going to be no progress, and no reform can move forward without having the trust of the people." 
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of OECD Development Centre
Above all we place ethics at the center of our approach. Efficiency and productivity... cannot come at expenses of human dignity, social justice or democratic values.
Esther Dweck, Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services, Brazil
Data protection and privacy is a fundamental pillar to be able to talk about artificial intelligence.
Gustavo Villate, Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Paraguay
For a country to successfully implement artificial intelligence, it is essential to have a coordinated approach and cooperation from all institutions.
Juan Jesús Torres Carbonell, Director of the State Agency for Digital Administration, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Spain
Artificial intelligence is a technology that is here to stay and will only deepen in the coming years, however, the approach we give it must be very cautious, and we cannot skip stages. It has to be an incremental logic.
Alejandro Encina Nájera, Vice Minister for Good Governance, Ministry of Anticorruption and Good Governance, Mexico
Artificial intelligence has to be installed proactively [...] respecting people and their human rights and also keeping ethics and transparency in mind...
Dorothy Pérez González, Comptroller General of Chile
The ethical and safe component of artificial intelligence is absolutely foundational.
Paula Acosta, Chief of the IDB Innovation for Citizens Services Division, IDB
When poorly managed, public private partnerships become costly: regional examples show projects suffering tripled costs, works being paralyzed by lack of involvement of local communities, and legal demands against the State
Andreas Schaal, OECD Director for Global Relations and Co-operation, Sherpa to the G7, the G20 and APEC
The governance tool that social dialogue brings is extremely important to be able to legitimise other instruments and other policies as well.
Fabio Bertranou, Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, ILO
It is important to strengthen the four pillars of democracy: representation, rights, rule of law, and participation.
Veronica Nilsson, General Secretary, TUAC
The value for money in public infrastructure begins before the first stone is put in place.
Manuel González Caballero, Senior Regional Manager for Latin America, Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST)
Strengthen transparency in all public procurement issues in order to guarantee that the State's money reaches the necessary purpose and has an impact.
Sebastian Saviñón, Legal Director, Ministry of Public Administration, Dominican Republic
We have to take advantage of infrastructure projects to think about a long-term country that goes beyond a government in power.
Ana Novik, Head of Investment, OECD
A central finding... indicates that in Latin America and the Caribbean the perception of equity and fair treatment by the government is the main determinant of citizen trust.
Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paraguay