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AI for the Netherlands


Added by:   National contact point
Added on:   09 Jul 2025
Updated by:   OECD analyst
Updated on:   09 Jul 2025

AINED is the result of a Dutch coalition of industry and academia, it published goals and actions for a national AI plan.

Name in original language

AI for the Netherlands

Initiative overview

In 2018, through adoption of the National Digitalisation Strategy, the government of the Netherlands made two commitments. First, it will leverage social and economic opportunities. Second, it will strengthen enabling conditions, including skills, data policy, trust and resilience, fundamental rights and ethics (e.g. the influence of algorithms on autonomy and equal treatment) and AI-focused research and innovation. In October 2018, AI for the Netherlands (AINED).The initiative has the following objectives:AINED aims at focusing on promoting access to AI talent and skills, as well as high-value public data. It also aims to facilitate AI-driven business development and promote large-scale use of AI in government. In addition, it envisions creating socioeconomic and ethical frameworks for AI, encouraging public-private co-operation in key sectors and value chains, and valuing Dutch research. The Dutch government plans to finalise a whole-of-government strategic action plan for AI before mid-2019.It was to consider the AINED report, the EU co-ordinated plan and discussions of the European Commission (EC) High-Level Expert Group on AI (AI HLEG).

Name of responsible organisation (in English)

AINED

About the policy initiative


Organisation:

  • AINED

Category:

  • National – AI policy initiatives, regulations, guidelines, standards and programmes or projects

Initiative type:

  • Guidance document (instructions on how to implement a law, regulation, policy or other rule)

Participating organisations:


Participating countries:


Status:

  • Active

Start Year:

  • 2018

Binding:

  • Non-binding

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