AI 거버넌스 : 유럽, 중동 및 아프리카, 서아시아, 중앙아시아에 있어서 AI 정책 및 이니셔티브의 리뷰

This IDC Market Perspective reviews key AI strategy and policy announcements from countries across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) as well as Central and Western Asia. 2025 was the year of AI worldwide, and these countries have set strategic goals and designed governance to foster their long-term competitive position."Despite differences in economic size, digital maturity, and ability to mobilize funding toward ambitious programs and initiatives, countries in EMEA and Western and Central Asia have developed AI policies that show common traits, such as heightened importance of digital sovereignty and sponsorship of AI programs by the most senior elected officials," said Massimiliano Claps, research director, IDC.

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New Market Developments and Dynamics

• Increasing AI maturity within EMEA and Central and Western Asia governments
• Central and Eastern Europe
  • Croatia
  • Poland
  • Slovenia
• Nordics and Baltic States
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Sweden
• Western Europe
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland
  • The U.K.
• Central and Western Asia
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Kazakhstan
• Middle East and Northern Africa
  • Bahrain
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Kenya
  • South Africa
• Conclusions and considerations
  • Policy trends: Strategic ambitions
    • Sovereignty on the rise
    • Public sector transformation as the anchor of AI innovation
    • Investing in talent
    • Strategic ambitions: Dependencies to address
  • Policy trends: Governance posture
    • Senior leadership
    • Balancing responsibility and innovation
    • Ecosystem collaboration
    • AI diplomacy
  • Mapping countries' AI policies, strategies, and initiatives against strategic ambition and governance pillars

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