Conceptualization and design of public policy

Project conceptualization and design

1.Name or number of the
Project
2.What is the issue you are trying to solve through this Project?
3.Have cases been explored in which AI or similar technologies have been used for the purposes established in your particular case?
4.What are the categories of affected people by the Project and the groups that it will seek to protect?
5.Please complete the following sentence with one of the options given below: The issue for which the Project we are talking about has been designed
6.What type of AI technology will be used in this Project (choose from the list of options)?

Accountability

Responsibility and transparency

7.Which interested parties are NOT aware of the processing of personal data as part of the Project?
8.Does the Project have administrative channels for information and consultation on personal data to communicate with interested parties?
9.Which person or department assumes the
responsibility for results
of the decision-making/support system?

Explainability

10.Is it contemplated in the development process of your Project with AI to have a public explanation process on the automatic processing of personal data (module of
explainability
)?

Consent and protection of personal data

11.Has compliance with national and international regulations on privacy, data protection, transparency, and intellectual property been confirmed, as well as specific sectoral regulations of the country where your decision-making/support system will be applied?
12.What personal data will be processed during the Project?
13.What is the source from which the
personal data
of the Project's data subjects is obtained?
14.Has it been verified whether the institution that collects the personal data of the affected people and/or develops the Project has the legal powers to use, store and/or analyze the personal data?
15.Will affected people provide informed consent for their data to be used?

Governance and security

Cybersecurity

16.Are any of these security standard measures not being considered?

Governance

17.Is the establishment of a specific governance structure or process for personal data management and Project results foreseen?
18.Has the Department/Institution/National Office in charge of the Project clearly defined the purpose of processing the personal data involved in the Project?
19.Which person/entity will be responsible for the use and processing of the data?
20.Have the necessary legal agreements (MOU, Contracts, etc.) been reached to fulfill the responsibilities for transferring/sharing information?
21.Are there mechanisms used by the Project coordinator to respond promptly to
ARCO requests
from data subjects?
22.Has a change management plan been established to facilitate the successful implementation of technological transformation processes?
23.Are there third parties, such as cloud storage services or communication services, involved in the processing of personal data corresponding to the Project? If yes, are they national or international third parties?

AI life cycle

Data management

24.How will the possible bias of data collection be verified (related to problems such as representativeness of the sample and historical discrimination)?

Model development

25.Is the generation of
documentation
on the following elements of the algorithmic systems used being considered?: 1. system objectives, 2. data, 3. methodological approach, 4. description of the algorithm and 5. its performance evaluation parameters and errors.

Use and decision-making

26.How will possible bias or discrimination problems caused by the algorithm be checked?
27.Are there plans in the Project that monitor important performance metrics of the algorithm?

Social impact (Human-AI interaction)

Interaction with operators

28.Will the proposed system be a decision-making system or a decision support system?
29.Are the members of your Department/Institution/National Office that will adopt said technology aware of the risks arising from its use?
30.Have officials worked before with this type of decision-making/support system technology (AI or ICT)?
31.Will the use of the decision-making/support system have a significant impact on the daily tasks of the officials?
32.Have the officials and affected people who use the technology (AI or ICT) and/or the decision-making/support system received specific training (whether one-off or ongoing) for this purpose?

Interaction with affected people

33.Will communication campaigns be carried out that explain the use, scope, and risk mitigation measures for the decision-making/support systems (AI or ICT) aimed at the affected people by the Project and/or the general public?