PM reviews UAE government's Agentic AI project progress
Sheikh Mohammed briefed on implementation progress by Cabinet Affairs Minister
#UAE #AgenticAI – His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, today reviewed progress on the UAE’s landmark agentic AI government transformation programme. The review confirmed that the project to deploy agentic AI across 50 percent of government sectors, services and operations within two years is actively underway less than three weeks after the framework was announced. Sheikh Mohammed was briefed by Minister of Cabinet Affairs His Excellency Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, together with Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama.
SO WHAT? – In many countries around the world, there is often a significant lag between policy announcements and their implementation. This Prime Ministerial review, less than three weeks after the UAE Cabinet approved the agentic AI framework, signals just how fast the government’s speed of transition from policy to execution is accelerating.
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum reviewed progress on the UAE’s agentic AI government transformation programme on 12th May 2026, less than three weeks after the framework was announced by the UAE Cabinet. The review confirms the programme has moved directly into active implementation and highlights the high priority placed on it.
The programme set a target to transform of 50% of UAE government sectors, services and operations into agentic AI-based models capable of executing tasks and making decisions independently, without human intervention, within a two-year timeframe.
Minister of Cabinet Affairs H.E. Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi briefed Sheikh Mohammed on implementation progress, confirming that the team has begun following through on leadership directives and is actively identifying the requirements and mechanisms needed to achieve the government’s agreed goals.
The programme is being implemented by a dedicated agentic AI transformation taskforce chaired by Minister Al Gergawi under the supervision of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, maintaining the senior oversight structure established at the framework’s launch.
The review was attended by a senior cross-government leadership group, including H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Minister of State for AI H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama, reflecting the programme’s status as a whole-of-government priority.
The agentic AI programme will streamline procedures, accelerate service delivery and improve the accuracy of government decision-making through integrated federal data and advanced digital infrastructure. It also targets the building of national AI capabilities and faster, more proactive citizen services.
The transformation is framed explicitly as a people-centred initiative, with Sheikh Mohammed emphasising that integrating AI into government work is a strategic priority designed to improve public service quality and efficiency.
The programme builds on a 20-year digital government journey that began with eGovernment and progressed through mobile government, UAE Pass and Government Services 2.0. The agentic AI framework represents the most ambitious phase of that evolution, moving from digital service delivery to autonomous government operations.
ZOOM OUT – On 23rd April, the UAE Cabinet approved a world-first framework to deploy agentic AI across 50 percent of government sectors, services and operations within two years. That announcement established a dedicated taskforce chaired by H.E. Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi and overseen by H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with ministers, directors general and government entity heads to be assessed on their speed and capability in adopting agentic AI. The framework sits within a broader federal AI strategy that already includes the world's first AI-powered Proactive Government Performance System, AI embedded into the three-year federal strategic planning cycle across 38 entities, and an AI-powered regulatory intelligence ecosystem designed to accelerate law-making by up to 70 percent.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
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