Internship: Digital Development Observatory Policy Analysis

Supports ECLAC's Digital Development Observatory by reviewing artificial intelligence policy documents, organising country evidence and preparing analytical inputs on regional digital development and AI governance trends.

Department: Digital Development Observatory

• Identify and collect national artificial intelligence strategies and related public policy documents
• Review and summarise policy content, objectives, institutional arrangements and implementation mechanisms
• Organise country-level information in a clear and comparable format
• Map AI policy priorities, emerging trends, gaps and areas of convergence
• Prepare analytical inputs, country summaries and thematic descriptions for the Observatory website
• Support AI-related indicators, datasets and knowledge products
• Maintain structured documentation of reviewed sources, summaries and analytical notes
• Contribute to final synthesis materials summarising internship findings

• Enrolment in or completion of the final academic year of a first university degree programme, or enrolment in or completion of a graduate programme
• Field of study closely related to the internship
• Basic knowledge or interest in the economics of science, technology and innovation or policy experience
• First-level university degree in public policy, statistics, development economics, digital economy, social sciences, research methods, data science for policy or a related quantitative or analytical field
• Fluency in spoken and written Spanish

• Internship duration is four months
• Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations
• Interns are responsible for travel, visa, accommodation and living expenses
• Non-citizens or non-permanent residents may need work authorisation before accepting the internship