In January 2026, San Marino's Interior Affairs Secretariat announced a two-year plan (to 2027) to bring AI into public-administration workflows alongside a new National Statistics Unit. No pilots, budget, legal framework or results have been published yet.
Details
Promoter
Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni (State Secretariat for Internal Affairs), San Marino
Period
2026-2027
Keywords
digital government, public administration reform, AI strategy, national statistics
Context
On 13 January 2026, San Marino's Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni, led by Secretary of State Andrea Belluzzi, announced a two-year plan to bring artificial intelligence into the workflows of the Republic's public administration, alongside creating an independent National Statistics Unit to produce EU-aligned, certified public data.
Activities
The Secretariat framed AI adoption as a way to automate routine administrative tasks and redirect civil servants toward higher-value work, tasking the government's IT, networks and data-protection office with leading the transition.
Conclusions
Officials set a target of substantial completion by 2027 but did not announce specific pilot projects, a published strategy document, a dedicated budget or a legal framework for the AI component. As of this writing, no AI system, pilot or measured result tied to this plan has been reported in independent coverage -- it remains a policy announcement rather than a deployed practice, though it is among the only public commitments of its kind from a European microstate government to date.
Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — No dedicated budget disclosed.
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — Announced January 2026; target substantial completion by 2027.
Staffing & skills
Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni, San Marino, Ufficio Informatica, Reti e Protezione Dati
Common failure modes
no specific pilot projects, published strategy document, dedicated budget or legal framework announced alongside the plan
Where it fits
Governance type
national government of a European microstate
Scale
national (San Marino)
Income level
high income (San Marino)
Commonly funded by
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