The OECD.AI Policy Navigator

PresidencIA is a comprehensive programme designed to accelerate the responsible adoption of generative AI within the Spanish Prime Minister’s Office (Gabinete de Presidencia). While AI offers significant potential to improve public‑sector decision‑making and service delivery, many administrations lack the internal capacity, tools and infrastructure needed to adopt it safely. PresidencIA responds by combining skills development, purpose‑built applications, sovereign infrastructure and international engagement into a single, integrated approach.

The programme’s first pillar focuses on community and capacity building. Through hands‑on workshops such as Whispering to AIs, Prototyping with AI and Researching with AI, several hundred public servants have developed practical skills in prompt engineering and responsible AI use. These activities prioritise experimentation and peer learning over theoretical instruction, supported by an active community of practice where staff share experiences and best practices. 

The second pillar delivers AI applications tailored to the Prime Minister’s Office. These include ServetIA, a research platform that produces source‑verified analytical outputs to support policy work; CiudadanIA, which automates the summarisation of citizen correspondence addressed to the President, reducing processing time and improving response quality; and GlobalAlert, which provides real‑time geopolitical monitoring and threat analysis. The programme also developed PromptAventura, a gamified AI literacy tool now validated and transferred to the government intranet. In addition, PresidencIA produced open‑source components, including an LLM evaluation workbench used to test prompts and models at scale through LLM‑as‑a‑judge methodologies.

The infrastructure pillar addresses AI sovereignty and secure deployment. PresidencIA has tested open‑weight language models for on‑premises use, enabling sensitive data processing without reliance on external cloud providers. In collaboration with the government IT unit (U.TIC), the programme is assessing the feasibility of a dedicated internal AI compute cluster and fine‑tuning models for specific government use cases. Alongside domestic infrastructure, PresidencIA also pursues international engagement, positioning Spain as a strategic partner for leading AI labs and fostering collaboration on alignment, safety research and responsible deployment of frontier AI systems in government contexts.