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UNESCO-Open for Good Alliance Webinar on “AI in the Justice Systems”

UNESCO and Cetic.br launch the Spanish version of ‘AI and education: Guidance for policy-makers’

Civil Servant 2.0: Spotlighting digital competencies for policymakers at WSIS 2022

Public entities use digital technologies to design and implement public policies engage with citizens and improve the delivery of public services However to build an enabling environment for digital transformation and face the challenges of digital era governance civil servants require a new set of skills and competencies for the future

Judicial operators worldwide continue a Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law

As the use of Artificial Intelligence AI increases in judicial contexts worldwide UNESCO in cooperation with the Future Society CETICbr The National Judicial College and IEEE launched the first global Massive Open Online Course on AI and the Rule of Law to engage judicial operators in a timely discussion on the application of AI and its impact on the rule of law

Brainstorming on the implementation of UNESCO’s AI Ethics recommendation

On 20 April 2022 the Information Ethics Working Group of UNESCOs Information for All Programme IFAP convened an online brainstorming session with 125 experts and stakeholders around the globe to share their views on how to implement UNESCOs Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Women Around the World

Globally studies show that women in the labor force are paid less hold fewer senior positions and participate less in science technology engineering and mathematics STEM fields A 2019 UNESCO report found that women represent only 29 of science RD positions globally and are already 25 less likely than men to know how to leverage digital technology for basic uses

Judicial operators worldwide join Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law

As the use of artificial intelligence AI increases in judicial contexts worldwide UNESCO in cooperation with the Future Society TFS CETICbr The National Judicial College NJC and IEEE launched the first global Massive Open Online Course on AI and the Rule of Law to engage judicial operators in a timely discussion on the application of AI and its impact on the rule of law

UNESCO adopts first global standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence

In November 2021 the 193 Member States at UNESCOs General Conference adopted the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence the very first global standardsetting instrument on the subject

Education in emergencies

Ensuring the right to education in emergencies and building resilience in the face of crisis

UNESCO’s Information for All Programme launches the inaugural conference on Ethics of AI

On 20 April the Information for All Programme IFAP of UNESCO in cooperation with Namur Digital Institute is organizing a threehour online session on the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Education for sustainable development

Empowerment through knowledge skills and values to protect the planet

UNESCO and GIZ join hands to raise awareness on the Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women

The time needed to close the global gender gap in terms of economic participation and opportunity educational attainment health and survival and political empowerment has increased by a generation from 995 years to 1356 years in the last year

UNESCO celebrates Open Education Week: Identifying quality OER using emerging technologies

The key question How to find quality open educational resources OER was at the forefront of the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition webinar held on 10 March 2022 during Open Education Week