Ithaca project

📘 A new open access book on AI and democratic governance is now available!

The publication features insights from four Horizon Europe projects: Orbis project eu, AI4Gov, ITHACA and KT4D. They are exploring how Artificial Intelligence can support democratic participation, transparency and accountability across Europe. 🇪🇺

🤖 The book discusses both the opportunities and challenges of AI in governance, including:
🔹 algorithmic bias
🔹 public trust
🔹 inclusion and accessibility
🔹 ethical and transparent AI governance
🔹 protection of fundamental rights

🌍 Within the publication, the ITHACA project highlights the importance of human-centric and trustworthy AI for civic participation. The project focuses on making AI systems fair, explainable and inclusive, especially for vulnerable and underrepresented groups, while supporting citizens’ engagement in local governance.

🔍 The publication also presents practical approaches and frameworks for:
✔️ participatory co-assessment
✔️ privacy-preserving technologies aligned with GDPR
✔️ ethical AI deployment
✔️ transparent and accountable governance processes

💡 Beyond technology, the book underlines a broader vision: AI should strengthen democracy by making participation more open, collaborative and accessible to all citizens.

👏 Thank you to all contributors for their valuable work and collaboration on this publication.

👉 Read and download the book here:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-23948-8

🔥 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 – 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

On 𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀, leading Horizon Europe projects — 𝗔𝗜𝟰𝗚𝗢𝗩, 𝗞𝗧𝟰𝗗, 𝗢𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗔— will come together to explore how 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 can strengthen democratic participation and rebuild trust in public institutions.

📢 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱: 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧 — the foundation of democratic life.
This session will explore where trust breaks, how it can be rebuilt, and what this means for policy, practice, and citizens. A 30-minute open discussion will invite perspectives from across research and policymaking.

🎤 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆:
🔹 𝗘𝗽𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀 (Konnektable Technologies Ltd.)

🟣 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀:
• Grazia Concilio (ORBIS)
• Tiffany Morisseau (KT4Democracy)

🎙️ 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:
• Liviu Stirbat – Head of Unit for AI in Science, DG RTD
• Anne Haglund-Morrissey – Deputy Head of Unit, Democracy, Equality & Culture, DG RTD
• Spiros Borotis – AI4Gov

⏳ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱.
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲!

✍ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://kt4democracy.eu/form/taskforce-event-beyond-algorithm

👉 𝗕𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆.