Jordan’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed an agreement for a new software solution, according to the official Jordan News Agency.
The agreement lays out the main technical axes of a project to develop Jordan’s artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled support system, said the report.
According to a ministry statement on Sunday, the two sides agreed on the project’s overall framework, in addition to a draft accord 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.
It is also expected to implement AI models in Jordan’s priority vital economic sectors, and benefit from Japan’s expertise in this field, under Jordanian government’s cooperation with Tokyo.
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.
The move is said to be aimed at 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.