Gabriela Ramos

She is passionate about relying on evidence for change and has contributed to advance impactful policy reforms all around the world on education (through PISA); health, gender equality and telecommunications.

[6] She also contributed to a major environmental campaign to oppose the building of a salt factory at Laguna San Ignacio, ensuring the protection of the biosphere reserve in Golfo de Cortez, and the whale sanctuary.

[12][13] Meanwhile, NAEC sought to redefine economic success by incorporating broader measures such as sustainability, social well-being, and resilience, addressing the challenges of the modern global economy.

The accession process, which was stagnant for a decade, was unblocked, and during this period, 8 new countries joined the Organization (i.e. Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia), and the ground was prepared for new ones, such as Brazil or Indonesia.

Major deliverables that were overseen by Ramos included the tracking of trade and investment protectionism measures[19] that prevented beggar thy neighbor policies that would have undermined the efforts to address the economic downturn linked to the financial markets.

[21] During her 10 years of tenure as a Sherpa, she also supported member’s efforts to adopt structural agendas, such as the Innovation Blueprint (Guangzou); the youth target (Antalya) and the Principles of Artificial Intelligence (Osaka).

President of the COP21 in 2015, Laurent Fabius, requested the OECD to quantify the financial support of the advanced economies to developing ones, and she oversaw the work, that people close to the efforts qualified as essential to achieve the climate agreement.

[27] Her additional initiatives include: - Drafting and supervising the adoption by UNESCO's 193 member countries of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in November 2021.

By July 2024, the principles established by the Recommendation were being implemented in the institutional and legal frameworks of more than 60 countries, thanks to the Readiness Assessment Method (RAM), also developed under Gabriela Ramos’ leadership.

In May 2024, Chile launched its National AI Policy and a draft law based on the recommendations made by UNESCO in its report on the country's state of readiness.

[29] - Revitalising the Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST), which brings together academics and decision-makers to improve public policies aimed at tackling inequalities and other trends impacting our societies, including the organization of the first editions of the MOST Forum.

[30] Furthermore, she led the establishment of the UNESCO MOST-BRIDGES Coalition, which brings humanities, social sciences and indigenous knowledge together in a multidisciplinary fashion to look at how to advance behavioral change for the crucial climate transition ahead of us.