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Navigating the Global AI Governance Landscape
31 Oct 2023
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The recent Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kyoto reaffirmed AI as an urgent cross-cutting priority for a diverse set of stakeholders. At the same time, it highlighted the rapidly expanding scale and complexity of the AI governance landscape. This complexity presents a…
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05 Dec 2023
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The final text of UNESCO’s Guidelines: a more balanced approach to platform governance
The final text of UNESCO’s Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms was released this month. The document marks the conclusion of a process started in September 2022 by UNESCO to produce what were originally billed as ‘Guidelines for regulating…
23 Nov 2023
news
Work opportunity: GPD seeks external consultant for final project evaluation
We are seeking an external evaluation consultant (preferably with expertise in digital and cyber policy and human rights) to conduct a final project evaluation of our project on Cyber Capacity Building. The four-year programme is due to end in December 2023. The objectives…
31 Oct 2023
Blog post
Navigating the Global AI Governance Landscape
The recent Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Kyoto reaffirmed AI as an urgent cross-cutting priority for a diverse set of stakeholders. At the same time, it highlighted the rapidly expanding scale and complexity of the AI governance landscape. This complexity presents a…
19 Oct 2023
Blog post
The Council of Europe’s AI Treaty: Perspectives from the Global Majority
The Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) is currently developing the world’s first treaty on AI—an ambitious effort which, by establishing norms around AI governance globally, could have wide-ranging impacts on a range of human rights. The list of…
05 Oct 2023
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GPD at the 2023 Internet Governance Forum
The Global Partners Digital team will be out in force at the 18th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which will take place in Kyoto, Japan from 8 to 12 October 2023. The theme of this year’s IGF is: The Internet We Want – Empowering All People. Below,…
19 Sep 2023
Blog post
What would a human rights-based approach to AI governance look like?
Over the past year, discussions around artificial intelligence (AI) have saturated media and policy environments. Perspectives on it vary widely: from boosterist narratives which posit the limitless potential of AI-powered technologies to help overcome social inequalities and accelerate industrial development; to apocalyptic framings, which suggest that a (speculative)…
24 Aug 2023
news
GPD seeks external consultant to evaluate project on disinformation and human rights
Global Partners Digital is seeking to contract an external evaluation consultant to conduct a final evaluation of a project focused on promoting rights-respecting approaches to tackling disinformation. The project—which has the overall goal of ensuring responses to tackle disinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa are in line with international human rights standards—is…
21 Aug 2023
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The UN’s Cybercrime Convention: GPD calls for enhanced human rights protections
This week, states and other actors are convening at the UN’s Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime (AHC) to restart negotiations on a proposed new international convention on the use of ICTs for criminal purposes (or, cybercrime). Negotiations will be based on the recently published zero draft of the…