In In October 2017, the UAE Government announced the vision of the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence of 2031 which aims for the UAE to be one of the leaders in AI in the world.
Name in original language
UAE National Strategy for AI
Initiative overview
In October 2017, the UAE Government announced the vision of the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence of 2031 which aims for the UAE to be one of the leaders in AI in the world.The initiative has the following objectives:To build a reputation as an AI destination.To increase the UAE competitive assets in priority sectors through the deployment of AI.To develop a fertile ecosystem for AI.To adopt AI across government services to improve lives.To attract and train talent for future jobs enabled by AI.To bring world-leading research capability to work with target industries.To provide the data and supporting infrastructure essential to become a test bed for AI.To ensure strong governance and effective regulation.
Who has primary responsibility for developing the national AI strategy?
Ministry
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
The UAE AI Office
Who has primary responsibility to implementing the national strategy?
Ministry
Name of responsible organisation for strategy implementation (in English)
The UAE AI Office
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.
To what extent are there mechanisms that ensure inter-governmental coordination?
Intergovernmental Panel on Artificial Intelligence: A natural evolution of the Roundtable
is in the formulation of an intergovernmental body, dedicated to providing a mechanism for governments and private companies to better understand AI and its impact
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Has this initiative been evaluated?
Yes
Are evaluation results public?
No
