Strengthening skills and attracting talents to develop an Artificial Intelligence ecosystem in Italy; increasing funding for advanced research in Artificial Intelligence; and incentivizing the adoption of Artificial Intelligence and its applications both in public administrations and in the private sector.
Name in original language
Programma strategico IA
Initiative overview
In 2019, a group of expert was set out by the Ministry of Economic Development in order to develop suggestions and proposals for a national strategy on artificial intelligence. The group concluded its activity presenting a document of proposals to build a draft strategy. The public consultation ended and the Ministry of Economic Development is wrapping up the final amendments and integrations. On 2 July 2020, the Ministry published the final document containing the Guidelines prepared by AI experts.The initiative has the following objectives:To strengthening frontier research in AI.To reduce the fragmentation of AI research.To develop and adopt human-centric and trustworthy AI.To increase AI-based innovation and AI technology development.To develop AI-based policies and services in the public sector.To create, retain and attract AI researchers in Italy.
Who has primary responsibility for developing the national AI strategy?
Ministry
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
Minister of technological innovation and digital transition (MITD)
Who has primary responsibility to implementing the national strategy?
Several ministries
Name of responsible organisation for strategy implementation (in English)
Minister of technological innovation and digital transition (MITD)
Budget information available?
Don't know
To what extent do you have mechanisms or other efforts to involve stakeholders in strategy design, implementation and monitoring?
Stakeholder consultation(s) and other engagement.
Has this initiative been evaluated?
Yes
Are evaluation results public?
No
