The Ministry of Public Administration and Artificial Intelligence has officially launched an AI Academy, a six-month pilot programme designed to strengthen artificial intelligence (AI) competencies across T&T’s public service.
The initiative was unveiled during a virtual event on Tuesday, where representatives from the ministry, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) outlined the programme’s goals and national significance.
The webinar featured remarks from Nariya Baksh, director of the public service academy at the ministry; Bernardo Requena, director representative of CAF in T&T; and Ugo Blanco, resident representative for UNDP T&T.
In her remarks, Baksh emphasised the academy reflected the ministry’s long-term vision for technology-driven transformation.
