Getting AI governance right is one of the most consequential challenges of our time, calling for mutual learning based on the lessons and good practices emerging from the different jurisdictions around the world. This Forum will bring together the experiences and expertise of countries at different levels of technological and policy development, for a focused exchange to learn from each other, and for a dialogue with the private sector, academia and a wider civil society.
UNESCO has made a seminal contribution to the goal of effective and ethical AI governance by adopting an ambitious global standard – the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI in 2021, and spearheading its implementation by the Member States through innovative tools and methodologies, such as the Readiness Assessment Methodology and the Ethical Impact Assessment.
Through the application of these tools, UNESCO is changing the business model that drives AI, to develop a range of concrete and practical solutions and to ensure that AI outcomes are fair, inclusive, sustainable and non-discriminatory. The evidence obtained through this work, including a comprehensive and multidimensional diagnoses of the AI readiness of almost fifty countries around the world, will also inform the debates during the Forum.
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