Building trust and constructive interaction, the main challenge of the new Minister of Communications

In a letter to Dr. Sattar Hashemi, the new Minister of Communications and Information Technology, the employers’ association of artificial intelligence and digital economy companies of Iran, congratulating him on his appointment, emphasized the need to restore the trust of the information and communication technology community and revive the supportive role of the Ministry of Communications. This association also announced its readiness for constructive cooperation to develop the ecosystem of artificial intelligence and increase the share of the digital economy in the national GDP.

Mr. Dr. Sattar Hashemi
Honorable Minister of Communications and Information Technology

Greetings

We hereby congratulate you on your worthy presence at the helm of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

The Employers Association of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Technology Companies of Iran, as the representative and spokesperson of technology companies in this area, believes that the most important challenge facing you in the serious responsibility you have assumed is to restore the trust of a large part of the society in the field of information and communication technology. , investors and actors of the ecosystem of this field to the supportive approaches of the Ministry of Communications and the revival of the facilitating and supporting role of this ministry.

As you have mentioned, some non-expert movements in recent years aimed at protecting and limiting the communication ecosystem, although they did not succeed completely, but their destructive effects were enough to degrade the human, financial and scientific capitals of this field and caused the stagnation of companies and group migration of young people and meritorious people. .

Employers’ Association of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Digital Economy Companies of Iran, fully recognizing your Excellency’s management ability and being sure of the good and valuable intentions of that learned professor, considers your worthy choice promising and is fully prepared for any cooperation in order to establish a constructive relationship. It is announced between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the activists of technology companies in the field of artificial intelligence and digital economy.

As you have recalled, the thirteenth chapter of the seventh development plan obliges the government to support the development of the transformative ecosystem of artificial intelligence and increase the share of the digital economy in the gross national product, which must necessarily be in the shadow of constructive interaction between this ministry and other stakeholders in this field, especially activists. The private sector takes place.

In the end, we ask God for your success in carrying out the planned programs.

In this letter, the trade association of artificial intelligence technology companies and digital economy of Iran, considering the challenges in the field of communication and information technology, especially in the field of trust building and interaction between the Ministry of Communications and the private sector, calls for constructive cooperation for the development and progress of this field. And he emphasized the importance of the ministry’s supporting role in realizing the goals of the 7th Development Plan.