Our grantees have helped put fundamental rights and democratic freedoms at the heart of policymaking on AI. They’ve brought marginalised communities such as migrants, autistic people and sex workers into the debate. And they’re exploring how AI is intersecting in criminal justice, climate, health and more.
As well as offering financial support, we help organisations build networks, gain skills and work collaboratively to drive change.
€156.772
Belgium / Europe
ANEC engaged a consumer AI expert to inform the AI standardisation process, both at a technical and policy levels. ANEC contributed to the AI legislative process by drafting standards and helping consumer and civil society advocates translate consumer protection demands into practical technical asks.
Learn more€98.666
Poland
With support from the European AI & Society Fund, Moje Państwo grew into a European digital policy advocacy organisation by attending conferences, discussions and workshops, it strengthened its expertise in how AI and automated decision-making systems are used in the public sector, and in how to influence policy at national and EU level. It is now recognised as an expert on the state's use of technology and has joined two working groups at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in Poland, one on AI and one on data management. Two of its reports were published on the government's AI portal for public sector staff, and some of its proposals appeared among the amendments to the AI Act. It also won a case forcing the Polish Ministry of Justice to disclose the algorithm that randomly assigns cases to judges, which could change how public bodies share this kind of information with citizens.
Learn more€270.000
Netherlands
HAI became a trusted expert on AI and health and shared their experise with civil society and policymakers. HAI developed a report and advocacy materials on the impact of the EU AI Act on AI used in healthcare, and worked to debunk MedTech industry led narratives aiming to exempt health tech from regulation, which especially impacts vulnerable people. It led advocacy efforts for classification of more health related Artificial Intelligence (AI) as high-risk under the Act.
Learn more€38.000
Germany
Superrr Lab examined the conceptualisation, development and deployment of digital public infrastructure in the fight against Covid-19, paying special attention to the role of digital civil society. They published a “Covid-19 Infrastructure Playbook” to help civil society organisations and governments navigate the ongoing digital transformation, be aware of the risks and opportunities, and act with public interest in mind.
Learn more€43.110
Germany
The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) conducted comprehensive research on how different European contact tracing apps work, what kind of data they collect and process, how efficient these apps are, how transparently they operate, and how the apps can worsen existing social problems.
Learn more€44.825
Germany
AlgorithmWatch’s Tracing the Tracers project created a digital platform to continuously monitor and analyse automated decision-making (ADM) systems used in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe and beyond. They highlighted the multitude of devices, tools and solutions tested and adopted despite an absence of evidence of their effectiveness, and often with insufficient democratic debate.
Learn more€45.000
United Kingdom
The Ada Lovelace Institute researched the ethical, societal and human rights arguments around vaccination certificates and immunity passports and then proposed a six-point roadmap for “a vaccine passport system that delivers societal benefit”. They advocated for a pause on the roll-out of initiatives until an evidence based, publicly debated, ethical and sustainable approach to vaccine certification could be established that would not further exacerbate the disproportionate impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable.
Learn more€45.000
Europe
Tilburg University’s Global Data Justice Project explored technology-led and market-driven “sector transgressions”, analysing how companies from the defence, intelligence and security sectors have pivoted to find new applications in areas such as health and education.
Learn more€44.994
Serbia
The Balkan Investigate Reporting Network (BIRN) supported ten reporters through its Digital Rights Programme for Journalists, established a Covid-19 Crisis Tech Response live feed to highlight digital abuses and published a comprehensive report on digital rights in the region, with a particular focus on the rise of far right and hate speech online and content removal.
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Reach out to our Senior Partnerships Manager, Peggye, for more information.
