The Council of Ministers Holds the Fourth Workshop of the Artificial Intelligence Program for Government Leaders
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The Council of Ministers held the fourth workshop on Monday of the series of the "Artificial Intelligence for Government Leaders" program, which targets a number of secretaries and general managers in government ministries and institutions, representing different sectors.
The six-month program is implemented by the Jordanian Academy for Government Management in partnership with the "Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Economic Development and Employment" project, implemented by the German International Cooperation Agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, and jointly funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union.
During the opening of the workshop, the President of the Academy, Dr. Mustafa Al-Hamarneh, said that the Academy is the executive arm of the government in capacity building and training, enhancing knowledge empowerment, and building more ready institutions to deal with national trends in the fields of digitization, data, artificial intelligence, and the knowledge economy, which will reflect on making a qualitative leap in government management.
Al-Hamarneh explained that the Academy is moving from a model of scattered training courses to an integrated national capacity-building system linked to professional paths and the needs of economic and administrative modernization, with the aim of building leaders capable of leading modernization and transformation programs in the way the government works, and more productive institutions with a higher impact on the citizen's life, making Jordan a regional model in modern government management.
During his speech, Al-Hamarneh touched on the most prominent programs that the Academy will offer in the coming period, which target expanding the knowledge cycle among leaders in government ministries and institutions and those around them, and measuring the impact of these programs to reflect on improving individual and institutional performance, in the service of improving the quality of life for the citizen and simplifying procedures for him.
During the workshop, the CEO of Partnerships at (Apolitical) Chris Ferguson, presented a visual presentation on the future of civil service in the era of artificial intelligence, and how to deal with these technologies and employ them towards institutional procedures.
The Executive Partner at (Government Campus), Dr. Yassar Jarrar, also presented a briefing on models of public-private partnership in the field of artificial intelligence, and how to benefit from the capabilities of the private sector and the innovation system, while maintaining government ownership of data and responsibility for it, and building sustainable internal government capabilities.
It should be noted that the "Artificial Intelligence for Government Leaders" program includes six interrelated axes that include: the basics of artificial intelligence for decision-makers, responsible artificial intelligence governance, institutional readiness, government services supported by artificial intelligence, innovation systems and partnerships between the public and private sectors, in addition to the broader economic impacts of artificial intelligence.
