Artificial Intelligence and Global Justice
The co-creation seminar on artificial intelligence and international cooperation was held on April 22 with the collaboration of FAS, NOVACT and ACCD.
11/05/2021
On April 22, the Fundación Autónoma Solidaria together with NOVACT and with the support of the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation organized the event "Global Justice: challenges and opportunities, co-creation seminar on artificial intelligence and international cooperation" where organizations of civil society, universities, and technology research centers joined together to debate.
The creation of this space arises from the conviction that Artificial Intelligence (AI) must be made available to global justice. Digital technologies are rapidly transforming the world and projecting enormous potential in improving efficiency and expanding the impact of sustainable development initiatives. However, the risks of misuse are also a reality. That is why the international cooperation sector has to make use of the opportunities and potential offered by the digital dimension on a consolidated ethical basis.
Following the proposals that emerged in the #DigitalOrganising cycle and starting from previous multidisciplinary work experiences, the Seminar becomes a meeting space and joint work between key agents, organized in two different sections. Firstly, a space for learning about the state and uses of AI in the field of international cooperation and, secondly, a space to debate on the challenges and opportunities of incorporating AI into initiatives in the world of social justice, as well as as a mapping of the next steps for the incorporation of digital technology in the sector of development cooperation in Catalonia.
The conclusions of the meeting indicate the need to empower the set of social agents to ensure an AI where human rights are at the center, that assures transparency and promotes interdisciplinary teams in the design of algorithms that ensure the absence of bias, as well as encourage the provision of AI to end inequalities.
The Seminar shows the willingness to coordinate actions, strategies and work plans between public administration, NGOs and academia for the incorporation of AI in the field of international cooperation.
Some of the institutions and organizations that participated in the Seminar are: Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation, the General Directorate of Digital Society of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Global Justice and International Cooperation Service of Barcelona City Council, LaFede.cat, Algorights, Open Society Foundation, the Observatory of Human Rights and Business in the Mediterranean, EURECAT, the Observatory of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of the UDG, the Computer Vision Center of the UAB and the Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence of the UAB.
This activity is part of a broader program on "Promoting the role of Syrian, Jordanian, Kurdish and Catalan civil society in transforming the causes of the Syrian conflict through comprehensive strategies for the gender-sensitive ENP". funded by the ACCD.