The PCM creates the Artificial Intelligence Officer in the public sector

The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) created the role of the Artificial Intelligence Officer (AIO) in all public entities across the country, through the Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation Resolution No. 004-2026-PCM/SGTD, which approves Directive No. 002-2026-PCM/SGTD. The regulation, signed on October 19, 2026, by Secretary Ricardo Cristopher Zapata de la Rosa, was published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, in the Legal Norms section, pages 11 and 12.

The scope of the new directive

The Directive establishes the criteria for the appointment of the AIO, their technical profile, their responsibilities, and the mechanisms for institutional coordination. According to the resolution, the objective is for public entities to have a specialized role that facilitates the coordination, planning, and strategic monitoring of artificial intelligence initiatives, currently managed by the Government and Digital Transformation Committees (CGTD), which are responsible for leading and supervising strategic AI projects in accordance with numeral 9.3 of article 9 of the Regulations of Law No. 31814.

The regulation is based on article 4 of Law No. 31814, which grants the Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation (SGTD) national technical-normative leadership over the use and promotion of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. The resolution includes the endorsements of three reports from the SGTD itself: D000011-2026-PCM/SSPRD-YAC, D000067-2026-PCM/SSTSD-ECV, and D000083-2026-PCM/SSSID-DFM.

Deadlines, validity, and responsibility

The calendar set in the final complementary provisions is as follows:

• The resolution enters into force the day following its publication in El Peruano, that is, October 22, 2026.
• Compliance with the AIO profile provided for in article 9 of the Directive is required starting twelve (12) months after that entry into force.
• Responsibility for this compliance rests with the highest administrative authority of each public entity.
• Implementation is financed through the institutional budget of each entity, without demanding additional resources from the Public Treasury.

The resolution also obliges entities that contract specialized third-party services to assist the AIO to guarantee the security, trust, and protection of personal data and institutional information to which those providers access or process. This requirement refers to the institutional information security policy, the policy for the safe, responsible, and ethical use of AI-based systems, and personal data protection regulations.

Competencies, certification, and standards

The SGTD is empowered to interpret, clarify, and supervise compliance with the resolution and the Directive, and to issue opinions on unforeseen matters, according to the particularities of each entity. Regarding competencies, it will coordinate with the National System for the Evaluation, Accreditation, and Certification of Educational Quality (SINEACE) the design and updating of the standards applicable to the role of the OIA, in line with those already existing for the Data Government Officer and the Digital Security and Trust Officer.

That certification process runs in parallel and does not condition the appointment or the operability of the OIAs. Together with the National Civil Service Authority (SERVIR), the SGTD will promote the certification of competencies as a simplification mechanism for curricular verification in selection processes and for the development of job profiles with digital skills.

Additionally, entities may complementarily apply technical standards and international best practices to implement their Artificial Intelligence Management System and their institutional policy for the ethical use of AI. The SGTD will promote coordination with private sector companies, civil society, and academia for the provision of training.

Impact for the public sector and its providers

The regulation arrives as a development of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (ENIA) 2026-2030, approved by Ministerial Resolution No. 152-2026-PCM, whose First Final Complementary Provision tasked the SGTD with approving the guidelines for the OIA profile and the Data and Artificial Intelligence Technical Team. With the directive, AI governance ceases to be a policy statement and now has an identifiable responsible party in each budget unit, with a required profile and a verifiable timeframe. For AI service providers, the change is direct: contracting with the State will require demonstrating data safeguards and alignment with the institutional policies of the contracting entity.

Source: Official Gazette El Peruano, Legal Norms, Wednesday, October 21, 2026, pp. 11-12 (official reference: 2566694-1).