On 22 September, ESCWA Executive Secretary Rania Al-Mashat and Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) Secretary-General Deemah AlYahya signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation on digital development at large, and digital economy and responsible and inclusive artificial intelligence in specific.
The partnership brings together the ESCWA regional policy expertise, analytical methodologies, intergovernmental mechanisms and the Arab Digital Agenda with the DCO member State-driven digital economy mandate, cross-regional reach, policy intelligence and diagnostic tools, implementation platforms, and an ecosystem of public, private and financing partners.
Cooperation will initially focus on two practical workstreams. The first will advance digital economy development, including policy implementation, institutional capacity-building and investment readiness. The second will focus on responsible and inclusive AI readiness, combining diagnostics, policy support, capacity-building and peer learning.
