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As part of Public Service Week 2022 an agreement was signed today to provide training for public officials leading to greater awareness in the field of Artificial Intelligence.The agreement is a memorandum of understanding signed by the University of Malta MCAST the eSkills Malta Foundation the Institute for Public Services and the Office of the Prime Minister. This agreement has a term of three years and entered into force upon signature.In a speech before the signing of the agreement the Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar said that the Public Service must take the best of what Artificial Intelligence can offer by applying it where necessary and around it. designs hundreds of internal processes and customer services. The training of public officials is therefore very important to achieve the desired result.Mr Cutajar explained that the University and MCAST will provide tailor-made courses at different levels while the Institute for Public Services will have scholarships for those students who want to specialize and continue their studies. their studies. The training will be of the highest quality also by bringing material from abroad particularly from the University of Helsinki through the eSkills Malta Foundation.The agreement also provides for broad collaboration between the Public Service and educational institutions inter alia for the practical application of standards and collaboration in the national interest such as the Maltese language in Artificial Intelligence.Following the signing of the agreement a one-day conference on the implementation of the new strategy was held where the present public officials were divided into cohorts and discussed Artificial Intelligence Data and Information and Service Facilitation.
