Rabat (UNA-OIC) – The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) and the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in spreading technical awareness and enriching technical Arabic content.
The MoU also aims to enhance cooperation in exchanging expertise to promote policies pertinent to smart technologies, artificial intelligence, big data, and innovation policies.
ICESCO Director-General Dr. Salim M. AlMalik and Saudi Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Haitham bin Abdulrahman Al-Ohali signed the MoU on the sidelines of the 14th ICESCO General Conference held in Cairo on December 8-9, under the patronage of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
The agreement seeks to step up cooperation in exchanging expertise in the development of professionals’ leadership, practical and technical skills in the fields of artificial intelligence, smart technologies and innovation. It also aims to further cooperation in the preparation of joint research papers in these fields, promote the exchange of best practices for the advancement of scientific research and emerging technologies, contribute to supporting artificial intelligence projects, ICESCO Digital Home initiative and the Organization’s digital cultural project.
Other objectives of the MoU include the commitment of the Ministry to provide ICESCO’s beneficiary Member States access to the “Attaa Digital” initiative and develop the relevant platform based on their public policies, jointly promote the initiative’s activities, transfer the necessary expertise and practices to the working team in each Member State, and share statistics relating to the initiative’s activities participants and beneficiaries.
In this respect, ICESCO will make the necessary legal arrangements to launch the initiative, determine the official entity in charge of managing the platform and following up on its performance, help publicize the initiative and engage a legal expert from the Organization to provide advisory services to the entity responsible for implementing the initiative.
