The Committee of Ministers has decided to establish the Steering Committee for New and Emerging Digital Technologies (CDNET)

Operating from 1 January 2026, the CDNET will conduct and coordinate the intergovernmental work of the Council of Europe in the field of new and emerging technologies, ensuring that this work supports innovation, and give its legal and policy expertise to the Committee of Ministers on all questions within its field of competence

Among other things, the committee will also act as custodian of the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (CETS No. 225) until the Conference of the Parties is established upon the Framework Convention’s entry into force and as such follow and promote its signatures and ratifications. The CDNET will also carry on the work of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) regarding the non-legally binding guidance on risk and impact assessment for AI systems tailored to the protection and promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (HUDERIA).