The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an agreement outlining the main technical axes of the project to develop Jordan’s artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled support system.
According to a ministry statement on Sunday, the two sides agreed on the project’s overall framework, in addition to a draft record detailing initial implementation phases.
The agreement was signed by the ministry’s Acting Secretary-General, Samira Zoubi, and the Deputy Director of JICA Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation Office, Masayuki Furukawa, the statement added.
The joint technical cooperation project aims to strengthen and build Jordan’s AI-enabled support system, implement AI models in the Kingdom’s priority vital economic sectors, and benefit from Japan’s expertise in this field, under Jordanian government’s cooperation with Tokyo, the statement noted.
To ensure best outcomes, the ministry pledged its “constant” endeavor to enhance Jordanian-Japanese cooperation and transfer and share AI experiences with the Japanese government, to benefit from their expertise in the AI field.
The ministry outlined Jordan’s AI policy, in cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and Microsoft, with the aim of setting the overall tendencies in managing AI-enabled resources and technologies and finding the appropriate and ideal environment for researchers, academics and local startups to best integrate modern AI technology.
Source: Jordan News Agency