National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar 2019: requirements, deadlines and compliance actions
What is National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar 2019?
Developed by the Qatar Center for Artificial Intelligence and adopted by the government as the national strategy, the document sets out six pillars: education, data access, employment, business, research, and ethics. It provides recommendations for building an AI research and innovation ecosystem and for the responsible adoption of AI across society. A national AI committee was subsequently formed to develop an implementation plan.
Status note: The PDF loads from mcit.gov.qa, but the MCIT AI Committee web page returned HTTP 403/500 during verification. The 29 October 2019 adoption date is from QCRI/HBKU announcements rather than a loadable MCIT page, and the strategy PDF itself carries only the year 2019.
Who does it apply to?
Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (formerly Ministry of Transport and Communications). Oversight: National Artificial Intelligence Committee under MCIT oversees implementation planning. Stated purpose: Prepare Qatar for an 'AI+X' future in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.
When do the requirements apply?
2019-10-29: Strategy adopted and announced by the government at QITCOM 2019
Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.
Official sources
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National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar 2019
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Qatar · 29 Oct 2019 · Tier 1 source
Change history
Record version 1: Imported from the source-backed legacy dataset (database/data/ai_policies.json); fields limited to what the official source page states. Reviewer to enrich scope, dates and obligations.. Full edit history is in the GitHub repository.
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