Initiative file / Social services
AI-enabled strengthening of the National Employment System platform
Evidence record v2
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- Institution
- INA
- Editorial classification
- Initiatives under review
- Initiative type
- AI component
- Documented phase
- In development
- Relationship to AI in the source
- AI declared, technique not published
- Execution evidence
- Partially confirmed
- First evidence
- Last verified
- Next review: Oct 15, 2026
Documented scope
What it is
An inter-institutional MICITT, MTSS and INA project to strengthen the National Employment System platform and prepare the integration of one or more artificial intelligence engines. Its stated objective includes improving the profiling and matching of people, employers and vacancies through occupations, skills and competencies.
Objective stated by the institution
Integrate artificial intelligence and an interoperable one-stop service to improve the profiling of people, employers and vacancies, optimize job matching and support employment guidance.
Known timeline
Only milestones with an explicit date in the sources or editorial review are shown.
- First evidence
- Announcement
- Latest editorial verification
- Next scheduled review
Evidence reading
Each dimension is assessed separately. Undetermined marks an evidence gap; not applicable means the dimension does not correspond to the documented object.
What is confirmed
- MICITT, MTSS and INA signed the inter-institutional agreement on February 12, 2025. It organizes the project into three stages; MICITT leads the first and INA takes a central role in the following two.
- Procedure 2024LE-000011-0009300001 was awarded to WCC Group B.V. for CRC 169,952,000 for stage I design and planning, not to develop or operate the AI engine.
- INA's Board approved an addendum to fund approximately CRC 115.3 million of the first stage; the reviewed sources do not establish that the full transfer was executed.
- The 2025 Brete Strategy annual report, published in 2026, reports that the first stage was nearing completion and had established technical and conceptual foundations.
What could not be determined
- The model, algorithm, vendor, final architecture and data sources for the eventual stage II AI engine were not identified.
- No stage II procurement or start was established, nor was current AI-based profiling or job matching on ANE.cr or Brete.cr.
- No acceptance criteria, quality metrics, bias audits, human-review rules, outcomes or complete personal-data safeguards were published.
Documented results
Results are published only when a source traceably attributes them to this initiative.
No public results attributable to this initiative were found in the current review.
Evidence matrix
Sources and traceability
Sources state which claims they support, their origin and the date on which they were consulted.
- [1]Digital Transformation Strategy 2023-2027
- Publisher
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · stated objective · target · governance
- [2]Tender specifications for stage I design and planning
- Publisher
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · stated objective · execution · governance
- [3]Official stage I award record
- Publisher
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: execution
- [4]Board of Directors ordinary session 13-2025 minutes
- Publisher
- Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · stated objective · execution · governance
- [5]AI-ASE-03-2025 advisory on the MICITT-INA-MTSS agreement addendum
- Publisher
- Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · execution · governance
- [6]2024-2025 institutional report
- Publisher
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: execution · governance
- [7]2025 annual Brete Strategy monitoring report
- Publisher
- Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · stated objective · execution
- [8]Official National Employment System platform
- Publisher
- Agencia Nacional de Empleo
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Consulted
Supports: existence
Open questions
- Were all stage I deliverables received and accepted, and what architecture or roadmap resulted from the diagnostic work?
- Is there a stage II procurement identifying the AI engine, its vendor, data, quality testing and bias audit?
- What AI functions, if any, are currently available to people and employers on ANE.cr or Brete.cr?
Context
The project is divided into three stages. The procurement awarded to WCC Group B.V. covers only stage I design and planning; stages II and III cover development, implementation, operation and sustainability. In June 2025, INA expressly stated that the platform did not yet have the AI engine. An MTSS report published in 2026 says that the first stage was nearing completion. The public transition from ANE.cr to Brete.cr does not by itself demonstrate an operational AI feature.