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Qatar establishes a National Center for AI 🤖🇶🇦

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has ratified Cabinet Decision No. 34 of 2026 reorganising units of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, now published in the Official Gazette. The Cabinet approved the draft in September 2025.

The centre reports to the Minister and has three departments. Its mandate: lead and coordinate AI efforts nationally, prepare the National AI Strategy and track its delivery, develop regulatory frameworks and policies, help entities adopt AI, promote data use across sectors, build AI platforms and give technical support, produce studies, and partner with government, the private sector and academia.

The decision also creates a Training and Digital Capability Development Department. Minister Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai called the centre "a strategic step to unify and coordinate the State's efforts", tied to Digital Agenda 2030 and the Third National Development Strategy. Qatar launched its first National AI Strategy in 2019.