Datasphere Initiative

Datasphere Initiative has joined the Global Network of Centers! 🌎 👏 Read more here https://lnkd.in/exQZW6SE “We are thankful to the NoC for welcoming us to their community and look forward to collaborating with the diverse disciplines, methodologies, and viewpoints that the institutions in the NoC represent.” Lorrayne Porciuncula, Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative.

Are you in Kigali for the Innovate Africa Symposium: Strengthening Data Governance in the African Data Ecosystem? 💡 The conference organized by African Development Bank Group and the National Institute of Statistics Rwanda starts today!  https://lnkd.in/ejE6RnAr The Datasphere Initiative is pleased to participate to share our work on #sandboxes and some of the key findings from the Africa Forum https://lnkd.in/d3JdC2Js Mariana Rozo-Paz and Morine Amutorine will provide a presentation and discuss how some countries in #Africa are leveraging #sandboxes to address #regulatory uncertainty, boost emerging #innovation, and build capacity for regulators. Interested in learning more? 🔎 📖  Read our new blog ➡ https://lnkd.in/dksQvmMX

As #AI reshapes industries and economies, the race to regulate it intensifies. Digital policy has been more and more about answering key questions on #AI policy: how to #regulate it? How to make it #responsible? This month, the #Draghi report added another layer to the conversation in the #EU: How to regulate it but still stay #competitive? What did Draghi say about AI and sandboxes? 📖 In the context of promoting cross-industry coordination and #data sharing to accelerate the integration of #AI into European industry, Draghi recommends encouraging experimentation through “EU-wide coordination and harmonization of national “AI Sandbox regimes” to companies participating in the plan”. He goes on to specify that “these experimental “sandboxes” would enable regular assessments of regulatory hindrances deriving from EU or national legislation and provide feedback from private companies and research centers to regulators.” https://lnkd.in/eAk84kkG How could they work in practice? #Sandboxes are not a magic tool that can work wonders on any policy question or fast emerging tech. #Sandboxes are complex to set-up, resource intensive and require regulatory #capacity to design and participate in.  Yet, while there are some hurdles, #sandboxes do offer huge potential to help regulators craft effective regulatory frameworks. If designed and deployed effectively and responsibly, they can offer safe, experimental, collaborative methodologies to foster meaningful and intentional regulatory innovation, fit for the policymaking complexities of #AI. 💡 Read our new blog to learn more about how #sandboxes can help regulators tackle the policymaking complexities of #AI  🙌 https://lnkd.in/gSEWhKJY Philipe Moura Sophie Tomlinson Mariana Rozo-Paz Lorrayne Porciuncula As part of our effort to build the Global Sandboxes Forum, Datasphere Initiative is embarking on some foundational outputs in the next few months: 🤝 Setting up an experts group 🔎 Collecting case studies and examples of sandboxes for AI (and other areas) 📗 Releasing a policy brief on #sandboxes and #AI Working on #AI, setting up a #sandbox, interested in learning more? Contact us! 📨  We welcome interested individuals and organizations to join us to think outside the box! ☑

What do Jaguars and #AI have in common? 💡 They will be discussed at the upcoming COP16 Colombia in Cali! 👐 #PazConLaNaturaleza The Datasphere Initiative in partnership with the Global Shapers Community Bogotá Hub will host a workshop, “Data, Jaguars and Artificial Intelligence: A Workshop for Youth” bringing together youth communities from across Colombia and the globe to explore the role of #data and #AI in protecting #biodiversity and #nature. 🌿 🐅 Participants will discuss youth engagement in #biodiversity from continuing education to activism. After the workshop, the Datasphere Initiative and Global Shapers teams will build a youth manifesto for using #data and #AI for #biodiversity protection. 📖 Come and join Mariana Rozo-Paz and Alfonso Escolar González on October 22, 2024 9:00 - 10:00 am UTC/GMT -5 ! Register here https://lnkd.in/e6rPJRdC 🔎 Did you know? The Conference of the Parties (COP)  is the governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an international treaty adopted at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992. Its objective is to establish agendas, commitments and frameworks for action to conserve biological diversity and use it sustainably, as well as to guarantee the fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. Check out the details ➡ https://lnkd.in/esKEJGXu Biodiversity #data could help address biodiversity loss but there are challenges in collecting and maintaining this #data. Communities have a role to play in supporting its collection and policymakers and businesses have a role in supporting responsible collection and use. How could #biodiversity #data and #AI support us in addressing biodiversity loss? 🌿 🌳 And what’s the role of young people? 🙌 We want to hear from you! #PazConLaNaturaleza https://lnkd.in/e6rPJRdC

As we step into the final stretch of Brazil’s #G20 Presidency before handing over to South Africa, the Datasphere Initiative is happy to share a round-up of the #T20 policy papers we contributed. 📖 🙌 Check out this blog for all the details 🔎 https://lnkd.in/gq-d8dqi [T20 Policy Brief on Sandboxes for Responsible Innovation] https://lnkd.in/ghrkbiJT Carolina A. Rossini, JD, MA, LLM, MBA Giovana Carneiro Thiago Moraes [T20 Policy Brief on Advocating an International Decade for Data (2025-2035) under G20 sponsorship] https://lnkd.in/dSBzC6ki  Lorrayne Porciuncula David Passarelli Muznah Siddiqui Stefaan Verhulst, PhD [T20 Policy Brief on Powering Youth Engagement for an Inclusive Digital Economy] https://lnkd.in/g-CZuy79 Mariana Rozo-Paz João Moreno Falcão [T20 Policy Brief on Ethical and Inclusive Data Governance] https://lnkd.in/gANZtV-8 Mariana Rozo-Paz Vinay Narayan Massive thank you to all our co-authors! 🙌 We hope to see the recommendations taking shape 😄

Do you know someone who’s making a difference in the world of data rights and empowerment? You can nominate them (or even yourself!) for a MyData Award before September 30th. The 2024-2025 MyData Awards are open for nominations, celebrating those who are making real progress in the field of data rights. ➡️ Read about the awards: https://lnkd.in/eV3WKHKH  ➡️ Nomination Link: go.mydata.org/nominate

🌍 ✍️ On September 9 and 10, Observer Research Foundation America hosted 11 experts for a workshop, "Rebalancing Globalization: Perspectives from the Global South." Over two days, the experts discussed and received feedback on their papers that detailed various strategies to develop a more #equitable and effective approach to #globalization. This is part of a larger project to ensure that the voices and perspectives of the #Global #South are adequately represented in #international #networks and #institutions. The papers will be compiled into an edited volume that will be released later this fall. Attendees: Pamla Gopaul, Alan Gelb, Marta Bengoa, Aude Darnal, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Lorrayne Porciuncula, Dhruva Jaishankar, Udaibir Saran Das, Shayak Sengupta, Anit Mukherjee, and Veronica Jijon Maldonado. Learn more about the workshop here: https://bit.ly/3Zgsue3

How could sandboxes help design and deploy responsible digital public infrastructure? 💡 💭 At the Datasphere Initiative we are exploring how #sandboxes can support all stakeholders in anticipating potential #DPI issues, and equipping #policymakers with the tools to craft flexible policies and regulatory remedies that evolve alongside #DPI use and advancements. For example:  - Prototyping DPI prior to broad implementation - Testing interoperability and scalability  - Mitigating risks and supporting effective investments  - Bringing various stakeholders to collaborate - User-centered design for bottom-up DPI solutions Check out this blog https://lnkd.in/eKBaZ2M4 authored by Lorrayne Porciuncula Sophie Tomlinson Mariana Rozo-Paz to read more 📑 Are you working on #DPIs? Do you think #sandboxes could be helpful? Connect with us if you’d like to contribute to the Working Paper: “Leveraging Sandboxes for responsible DPI: Opportunities and recommendations” 📓 💡 Coming soon as part of the Global Sandboxes Forum ! https://lnkd.in/dY3Z3fQ2 

In our latest Global Sandboxes Forum Insights Report we have summarized contributions from our inaugural meeting in #Rio and identified key areas for action. Check it out here https://lnkd.in/e8JfhTuV Our learnings in sum: 1. Many governments understand the need for new regulatory methods for #digitaltech  and #data, but they struggle to foster the innovative practices necessary to ensure #digital transformation benefits society. ✨ 2. There’s a growing interest in using #sandboxes but a lack of #evidence, #capacity and #knowledge 🔍 3. #Sandbox case studies are emerging but missing consolidation and robust analysis. 📖 4. Cross-border #sandboxes could be helpful for #AI and #sustainability but more #trust and prototyping is needed. 🌿 5. Professionals working on #sandboxes, would like a space to connect, collaborate and share expertise 🤝 What’s next ? — More details will be shared soon! — #Evidence: a large database of sandbox case studies  “the who is who” pioneering sandbox implementation. 🖥 #Capacity: sandbox tools and resources, building on the work and online course developed through the Africa Forum on Sandboxes for Data (check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dFCks6Ry) 📚 #Outreach: thematic, regional and global events, both online and in person. This month we’ll be at the “Innovate Africa Symposium: Strengthening Data Governance in the African Data Ecosystem” in Kigali! Come meet Mariana Rozo-Paz! 🕖 https://lnkd.in/ex2Y6MkW #Community: A WhatsApp Group, LinkedIn and a GSF Experts Group will serve as spaces for network building. 💡 #Support: working papers on #AI, #sustainability, #DPIs and responsible #sandboxes will be out soon! 📝 Learn more about the GSF https://lnkd.in/dY3Z3fQ2 Want to join us? write to info@thedatasphere.org and let’s talk!

During what has been a very busy few months with preparations for the United Nations Summit of the Future and the intense agenda we have been involved in at the G20 Brasil 2024, I keep raising the same alert and call to action: ❗ Data is cross-cutting and it is key for AI, but the data governance field continues being extremely fragmented.  We need to talk about data in its own right - and we need more spaces to bring together governments, businesses, civil society and academia to understand its nature and be purposeful with its governance. But as we know, this is not a simple task. Luckily many organizations are collaborating to explore how we can ignite international cooperation and design more nuanced and innovative approaches. Here are a few reading recommendations in case you want to get caught up on the latest proposals regarding data governance in the international policy agenda: 👉 In the G20 context, Stephanie Diepeveen & Astha Kapoor penned a helpful piece on how a Data20, or D20, could bring together people and knowledge from the formal engagement groups and working groups of the G20 on data. https://lnkd.in/df94PewF. Since then, Anirban Sarma at ORF, Bruno Bioni, Jaqueline Trevisan Pigatto and Louise Karczeski at Data Privacy Brasil have been proactive facilitators at the T20 Brasil in bringing actors together to discuss next steps of implementation. 👉 At the UN level, the proposal for an International Decade on Data has been articulated in report of the High Level Advisory Board on the Future of Multilateralism in 2023. Along with David Passarelli, Muznah Siddiqui, Stefaan Verhulst, PhD, I authored a T20 paper just now published on how this proposal could help build the momentum at the G20 needed to foster new investments and collaborations in leveraging data for people and the planet. You can check it here: https://lnkd.in/dkWPh46a 👉 In the context of the UN World Data Forum, @PARIS21, @OpenDataWatch, @CEPEI are calling organizations to pledge their commitment to data this year https://lnkd.in/dUcBeqtV All of these efforts are incredibly important and putting their finger on the pulse of where solutions to design and deploy responsible AI or address the climate crisis will come in the years to come. But we need more coordination and exchange to ensure our efforts are impactful and not overlapping. 📍 As part of the UN Science Summit the Datasphere Initiative is hosting an online session to explore data governance beyond the Global Digital Compact and identify the different proposals emerging to boost international collaboration on responsibly unlocking the value of data for all. Read more about the event and register here (Sep 13th, 7pm CET): https://lnkd.in/dkY-gw_t - I hope to see you there!