Training

AI Governance – Challenges, actors and diplomacy

In personAI Skills Coalition
Invitation only
  • Date
    7 July 2025
    Timeframe
    10:00 - 11:30
    Duration
    1h 30 minutes
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    This high-level briefing, organized by UNITAR, will offer a foundational understanding of the global AI governance landscape. The session will explore institutional dynamics, emerging norms, and the role of diplomacy in shaping multilateral AI policy. Participants will examine the implications of competing governance models, consider the strategic dimensions of digital sovereignty, and reflect on the diplomatic tools available to close governance gaps and foster responsible AI development.

     

    Learning Objectives:

    By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

    • Prepare participants to contribute to the AI for Good Summit, by deepening their understanding of institutional dynamics, emerging norms, and the diplomatic tools available to influence the AI governance agenda;
    • Examine the role of diplomacy in addressing coordination gaps, ethical tensions, and geopolitical risks in AI governance, and identify concrete avenues for state-level engagement in multilateral and multi-stakeholder processes;
    • Support participants to interpret and respond to the major governance models shaping global AI policy, recognising how different regulatory approaches reflect broader political, legal, and strategic priorities across various regions.
    Schedule
    • Opening by UNITAR and ITU
    • Framing of the session by Prof. Corneliu Bjola
    • Overview of AI governance systems and institutions
    • Diplomacy’s role in shaping norms and processes
    • Digital sovereignty vs interoperability
    • AI standards as vehicles for trust in global governance
    • Interactive discussion on critical governance gaps