For the first time, AI has been included among the government's priorities as a structured policy direction with a clear deadline and specific areas — public administration, education, defence. This is a significant signal of political will that creates a regulatory framework for AI projects at public-sector institutions.
"We will develop a National Artificial Intelligence Plan — within 100 days the government will approve Latvia's National AI Strategy with specific goals — the use of AI in public administration, education and defence."
— Cabinet of Ministers Government Declaration ↗
What This Means for the Public Sector
The National AI Strategy will create clearer accountability mechanisms, decision traceability requirements and — importantly — legitimacy for the procurement and deployment of AI solutions. Institutions that are already beginning to algorithmise their processes and test AI under regulatory oversight will be better prepared to meet the strategy's requirements.
PPPA's Process-as-Code project has been included in the Latvian AI Centre's special regulatory sandbox — precisely so that public administration institutions can test AI-supported decision-making in a safe and controlled environment even before the strategy sets mandatory requirements. We invite institutions to submit their processes for the pilot project.