atomcamp recently conducted an AI training session for civil servants undergoing their Senior Management Course at the National Institute of Public Administration in Islamabad, adding another layer to its ongoing work building AI capacity across different levels of Pakistan’s civil service. The session forms part of a broader partnership between atomcamp and the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Pakistan, under which the organization has designed AI capacity building programmes tailored to civil servants at various stages of their careers.
According to atomcamp, these AI training programmes now extend across every tier of government, spanning institutions from the Civil Services Academy through to the National School of Public Policy in Lahore. Each tier reportedly comes with its own defined learning outcomes, with the content and depth of training adjusted to reflect the specific responsibilities officers hold at that particular stage of their careers. This tiered approach suggests atomcamp has developed a structured curriculum that scales in complexity as officers progress through the civil service, rather than offering a single generic AI training module applied uniformly across all levels of government.
For the Senior Management Course specifically, the training focused on equipping senior officers with the skills needed to own an AI system from end to end, covering areas such as how to monitor and evaluate a system once it has been deployed, how to identify and address bias within AI models, and how to apply principles of responsible and efficient AI use within a public sector context. This focus on oversight and governance, rather than purely technical implementation, reflects the more senior nature of the officers attending the Senior Management Course, who are more likely to be responsible for approving or overseeing AI systems within their departments rather than directly building or coding them.
The initiative is described as being aligned with Pakistan’s National AI Policy, which is being steered under the leadership of Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Khawaja, who atomcamp noted is personally leading efforts to upskill public and civil servants in AI at every level of government. Over time, atomcamp said it has helped institutionalize AI skill development across the civil service more broadly, positioning this latest session at NIPA as a continuation of that ongoing effort rather than a standalone training exercise. The partnership between atomcamp and the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication appears to reflect a sustained government push to build internal AI literacy across public administration, an area that has become increasingly relevant as government bodies look to deploy AI tools while managing the associated governance and oversight challenges that come with their use.
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