The OECD.AI Policy Navigator

France’s national AI strategy was launched in 2018. Its first phase, which ran between 2018 and 2022 and had a budget of EUR 1.85 billion, enabled the creation and development of a network of interdisciplinary AI research institutes, the establishment of chairs of excellence and doctoral programmes, and the deployment of the Jean Zay supercomputer. The second phase (2022-25) focuses more strongly on disseminating AI technologies and enabling AI development and innovation.

Current AI was set up to reshape the existing AI landscape by developing and supporting large-scale initiatives that serve the public interest.

The French National Institute of Geographical and Forest Information (IGN) leads several AI-enhanced projects supporting land use, ecology, and agriculture. These include LiDAR HD (3D national mapping), OCS GE (land cover classification), CarHab (habitat modelling), AI4GEO (automated 2D/3D mapping from satellite data), CAP monitoring (with MASA/ASP), and BDForêt (forest reference mapping), advancing data-driven public policy and environmental management.

The DIAL-IA project (Dialogue on AI) was led and coordinated by IRES with the support of ULTRA LABORANS.

-Evaluation, qualification and testing methods for AI-Certification program (of a development process, not an AI)-LEIA :