# National Artificial Intelligence Strategy of the Republic of Cyprus

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Cyprus
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Council of Ministers of Cyprus
- **Adopted**: 2020-01-15

## In brief

National AI Strategy (2020, action plan 2024) is a non-binding national strategy of Cyprus, issued by the Council of Ministers of Cyprus. It was adopted on 15 January 2020. Government programme; no obligations on private organisations. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

Approved in January 2020 and updated by an action plan in 2024, the strategy covers research, skills, data and infrastructure, public-sector and business adoption, and ethical, trustworthy AI aligned with the EU framework.

## Scope

Government programme; no obligations on private organisations.

## Notes on dates

Month-level date; to be confirmed.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0059 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0059; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/cyprus-national-ai-strategy
- **Official source**: https://www.dmrid.gov.cy/
- **Source document**: National AI Strategy
- **Published by**: Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-11-04
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy of the Republic of Cyprus" [AIPT-POL-0059, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0059 (accessed 4 November 2026).

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