On 5 and 6 March 2024, the Artificial Intelligence Unit of the Council of Europe participated in the OECD - African Union (AU) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dialogue sponsored by the government of the United Kingdom (UK) and taking place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris to present the work of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI). 

The event brought together members of the AU Commission (Algeria, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya), the AU AI Working Group and invited experts, including from other international organisations with complementary mandates on AI to discuss the AU’s Artificial Intelligence Continental Strategy for Africa, AI governance, fostering collaboration, and addressing shared challenges.

Ms Louise Riondel, Co-Secretary to the CAI, participated in the session entitled “The international perspective: from global initiatives to global governance”, during which she presented the Council of Europe's activities on AI, and more specifically the work of the CAI as regards the Framework Convention on AI and the Methodology for the risk and impact assessment of AI systems (HUDERIA).