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UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015.Activities by UNESCO
Supervising AI by Competent Authorities
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UNESCO currently works with the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (RDI) on a project funded by the European Commission’s SG Reform on the supervision of AI by competent authorities. The project will support the challenge faced by European competent authorities in implementing the upcoming EU AI Act and other relevant legislation and international standards such as UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. The project will provide technical support to enhance the capacities, competencies, and knowledge of members of the Dutch and European Working Groups of Competent Authorities on AI by developing in-depth reports on AI supervision, case studies for good practices and training, and assessing different modalities for supervising AI via a multistakeholder consultation. The project has 3 phases:
1) A comprehensive approach to understanding the current state of AI supervision in the EU and beyond is presented in a comprehensive report.
2) Develop capacity-building efforts centring on specific domains and topics based on the results of the first phase in the form of a series of case studies to explore AI supervision. It will look at how existing tools, such as the EIA, can contribute to the mission of the competent authorities.
3) Deliver recommendations on the operational settings and requirements for AI supervision through a multistakeholder consultation.
Artificial Intelligence Courses on ITU Academy
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Activity Type Trainings/WorkshopsAI Readiness Methodology (RAM)
Global AngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaBahrainBangladeshBelgiumBotswanaBrazilCambodiaCameroonCanadaChadChileColombiaComorosCosta RicaCôte d’IvoireCubaDemocratic Republic of the CongoDjiboutiDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEthiopiaGabonGeorgiaGhanaGuatemalaHondurasIndiaIndonesiaJamaicaKazakhstanKenyaLao People’s Democratic RepublicMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMauritiusMexicoMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNetherlandsNigeriaOmanPanamaParaguayPeruPhilippinesRepublic of MoldovaRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSlovakiaSloveniaSomaliaSouth AfricaSri LankaSurinameTanzaniaThailandTimor-LesteTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkraineUruguayUzbekistanViet NamZambiaZimbabweThe RAM is a key tool to support Member States in their implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. By providing detailed and comprehensive insights into different dimensions of AI readiness, it helps highlight any institutional and regulatory gaps and enables UNESCO to tailor support for governments to fill those gaps, in order to ensure an ethical AI ecosystem in line with the Recommendation. In this way, it complements the Ethical Impact Assessment tool, which provides a micro-level perspective on the ethical impacts of particular AI systems.
Activity Type Technical AssistancePolicy/Regulatory GuidanceAI Readiness Methodology (RAM)
Global AngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaBahrainBangladeshBelgiumBotswanaBrazilCambodiaCameroonCanadaChadChileColombiaComorosCosta RicaCôte d’IvoireCubaDemocratic Republic of the CongoDjiboutiDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEthiopiaGabonGeorgiaGhanaGuatemalaHondurasIndiaIndonesiaJamaicaKazakhstanKenyaLao People’s Democratic RepublicMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMauritiusMexicoMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNetherlandsNigeriaOmanPanamaParaguayPeruPhilippinesRepublic of MoldovaRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSlovakiaSloveniaSomaliaSouth AfricaSri LankaSurinameTanzaniaThailandTimor-LesteTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkraineUruguayUzbekistanViet NamZambiaZimbabweThe RAM is a key tool to support Member States in their implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. By providing detailed and comprehensive insights into different dimensions of AI readiness, it helps highlight any institutional and regulatory gaps and enables UNESCO to tailor support for governments to fill those gaps, in order to ensure an ethical AI ecosystem in line with the Recommendation. In this way, it complements the Ethical Impact Assessment tool, which provides a micro-level perspective on the ethical impacts of particular AI systems.
Activity Type Technical AssistancePolicy/Regulatory Guidance