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NewsUNESCO supports the definition and development of AI competencies for teachers9 November 2022 NewsEnabling policy makers to become digital transformation leaders18 October 2022 NewsPromoting AI for E-Governance and Access to Information14 October 2022 StoryFive questions on UNESCO’s comic strip on Artificial Intelligence3 October 2022 NewsJudges from East African Court of Justice and Tanzania attend training on freedom of expression29 September 2022 NewsHow to adopt a multistakeholder approach to AI governance in Southern Africa?29 September 2022 NewsJoin 3rd Annual Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility (AI4IA) Conference26 September 2022 NewsAre civil servants ready for digital transformation?21 September 2022 NewsBuilding capacities of judges from Qatar on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law21 September 2022 StoryTraining judges, lawyers and prosecutors in Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law12 September 2022 NewsWant to defend human rights in the age of AI? Come make an impact with UNESCO1 September 2022 NewsStrengthening capacities of judicial operators in Africa25 August 2022 NewsUNESCO and Siracusa International Institute partner on Artificial Intelligence capacity building for judges from Qatar20 July 2022 NewsUNESCO publishes new handbook on media and elections during era of social media and AI11 July 2022 NewsCAF and UNESCO will create a council to review ethical criteria for artificial intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean23 June 2022 NewsUNESCO and Telefónica commit to promoting and implementing the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence23 June 2022 StoryUNESCO adopts first global standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence8 April 2022 NewsAlmost 4000 judicial operators worldwide join UNESCO’s MOOC on AI and the Rule of Law16 March 2022 NewsWhat are the effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women?15 March 2022 NewsUNESCO, OECD and IDB launch a new report on The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women8 March 2022 NewsUNESCO to collaborate with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on digital inclusion and gender mainstreaming strategy8 March 2022 StoryInternational Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022 StoryEmpowering girls and communities through quality education3 March 2022
NewsFirst Global Forum on Ethics of AI held in Prague, one year after the adoption of UNESCO’s Recommendation8 December 2022
NewsJudges from East African Court of Justice and Tanzania attend training on freedom of expression29 September 2022
NewsJoin 3rd Annual Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility (AI4IA) Conference26 September 2022
NewsBuilding capacities of judges from Qatar on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law21 September 2022
StoryTraining judges, lawyers and prosecutors in Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law12 September 2022
NewsUNESCO and Siracusa International Institute partner on Artificial Intelligence capacity building for judges from Qatar20 July 2022
NewsUNESCO publishes new handbook on media and elections during era of social media and AI11 July 2022
NewsCAF and UNESCO will create a council to review ethical criteria for artificial intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean23 June 2022
NewsUNESCO and Telefónica commit to promoting and implementing the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence23 June 2022
NewsAlmost 4000 judicial operators worldwide join UNESCO’s MOOC on AI and the Rule of Law16 March 2022
NewsUNESCO, OECD and IDB launch a new report on The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women8 March 2022
NewsUNESCO to collaborate with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on digital inclusion and gender mainstreaming strategy8 March 2022
StoryInternational Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022