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The agreement comes as the UAE continues to expand its Artificial Intelligence ecosystem, strengthen national capabilities and accelerate digital transformation to reinforce its position as a global hub for innovation and the digital economy.

strategic Memorandum of Understanding( MoU) to accelerate artificial intelligence capability development, strengthen workforce readiness and help organisations adopt AI responsibly and effectively. The partnership supports the digital transformation of public and private sector organisations across the UAE.

The agreement comes as the UAE continues to expand its Artificial Intelligence ecosystem, strengthen national capabilities and accelerate digital transformation to reinforce its position as a global hub for innovation and the digital economy. By combining their complementary strengths,

CERT and Open Innovation AI aim to help organisations improve AI readiness while equipping their workforces with the skills needed to thrive in an AI-driven economy.

The partnership brings together CERT’ s expertise in capability development, specialised learning programmes and internationally accredited certifications with Open Innovation AI’ s enterprise AI solutions, sovereign AI platforms and generative AI technologies. Together, the organisations will develop AI training programmes, workforce development initiatives, applied innovation projects and AI governance frameworks to enable organisations to deploy AI securely, responsibly and at scale.

Khalid Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer of CERT, said:“ Artificial intelligence is no longer an option or a future ambition; it has become a key driver of competitiveness, innovation and economic growth. At CERT, we believe meaningful AI transformation begins by investing in people because developing talent is the foundation of sustainable digital transformation. Through our partnership with Open Innovation AI, we are combining more than three decades of expertise in capability development with world-class AI expertise to help organisations accelerate AI readiness, strengthen their capacity for innovation and develop the talent needed to lead the economy of the future.”

Dr Abed Benaichouche, CEO and Co- Founder of Open Innovation AI, said:“ We are proud to partner with CERT to help build the UAE’ s national capability for the age of AI agents. We are entering a new era where every organisation will operate alongside AI agents, and success will depend on the ability to build, govern and deploy them securely at scale. By combining CERT’ s leadership in education and applied research with Open Innovation AI’ s sovereign AI platforms and expertise, we aim to equip the next generation of leaders and engineers to develop trusted AI agents while keeping the technology, data and talent under national control.”

The partnership reflects both organisations’ commitment to ensuring that the future of AI is shaped not only by technology but also by a skilled workforce and organisations equipped to lead secure, scalable and sovereign AI adoption. Together, CERT and Open Innovation AI will support the UAE’ s ambition to strengthen its global leadership in artificial intelligence while advancing a knowledge-based, innovationdriven economy. •

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