The Strategy for the Development of AI in the Republic of Serbia defines objectives and measures for the development of AI whose implementation should result in economic growth, improvement of public services, advancement of scientific staff, and development of skills for the jobs of the future.
Name in original language
Стратегија развоја вештачке интелигенције у Републици Србији за период 2020–2025. године
Initiative overview
Strategy is in line with the European AI Initiative, which sets out the European Commission's AI policy. In this context, the Republic of Serbia, as a candidate for EU membership but also as a participant in the European Union Framework Program for Research and Innovation, seeks to provide the necessary extent of compliance with the European Union, which will enable full integration into the European Research Area and closer co-operation. This Strategy is also tightly connected to several other national strategies, including:- Smart Specialization Strategy of the Republic of Serbia- Industrial Development Strategy of the Republic of Serbia- Strategy for Development of New Generation Networks by 2023- Proposal of the eGovernment Development Program in the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2019 to 2022 and Action plan for its implementation- Scientific and Technological Development Strategy of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2016“2020 “ Research for Innovation. In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the formation of a workgroup for the preparation of the Strategy for the Development of AI in the Republic of Serbia (Official Gazette of the RS, No 73/19), a workgroup for the preparation of the Strategy (hereinafter: Workgroup) was formed at the initiative of the Prime Minister's Office. The workgroup is composed of representatives of the Prime Minister's Office, ministries (Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Telecommunications, Ministry of Finance, Office of the Minister without portfolio in charge of innovation and technological development), institutions (Office for Information Technologies and Electronic Governance, the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Science and Technology Park Belgrade), representatives of the University of Belgrade (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Teacher Education Faculty, Mihajlo Pupin Institute), the University of Novi Sad (Faculty of Technical Sciences), the University of Kragujevac (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics), and the University of Ni(Faculty of Electronic Engineering), representatives of the business sector engaged in the development and implementation of AI, as well as representatives of the Vojvodina ICT Cluster, the Petlja Foundation, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, and the World Bank. With the support of the World Bank, an international expert in this field was hired to hold consultations and a workshop with members of the Workgroup with the aim of defining the vision and objectives of the Strategy. The document is the result of a comprehensive consultation process with the representatives of all stakeholders.
Who has primary responsibility for developing the national AI strategy?
Multiple public and private stakeholders
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
The Government of the Republic of Serbia
Who has primary responsibility to implementing the national strategy?
Ministry
Name of responsible organisation for strategy implementation (in English)
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
Budget information available?
Not available
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.
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Has this initiative been evaluated?
Yes
Are evaluation results public?
No
