The Recommendation entails the development of a Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) to guide Member States and their stakeholders in assessing what frameworks, capacities, and competencies exist at a country level to support the ethical use and development of AI. Namibia is one of the beneficiary countries of the Japan-funded project to pilot RAM in Southern and Eastern Africa. The objectives of the project is to set up a national stakeholder team to assess the infrastructure, policy, and user cases of AI to help the government understand where they stand on the scale of preparedness to implement AI ethically and responsibly for all their citizens, highlighting what institutional and regulatory changes will be needed.
The output of the RAM will help Member States tailor the capacity-building efforts to the needs of different countries. Here, capacity means the ability to assess AI systems in line with the Recommendation, to ensure that the country has in place human capital, policies, and regulations to address the challenges brought about by AI technologies and ensure that people and their interests are always at the centre of AI development.
As part of the final country-level report, a roadmap including concrete policy recommendations will be designed in consultation with the stakeholders, highlighting the conclusions and suggesting a path forward that reflects the priorities of the country in terms of the specific institutions that need to be built or enhanced to implement the Recommendation.
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