Pre-Summit Consultation: Multistakeholder Approaches to AI Governance & Innovation

​In recent years, many international and regional initiatives have shaped how artificial intelligence (AI) is governed. Global gatherings like the Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit (2023), Seoul AI Safety Summit (2024), and Paris AI Action Summit (2025) have produced key declarations promoting safe and inclusive AI. While these efforts mark progress, civil society groups continue to voice concern over being excluded from critical decision-making, leading to a lack of diverse expertise in addressing AI’s real-world risks.

​The upcoming AI India Impact Summit (February 19–20, 2026, New Delhi), organized by the Government of India through the IndiaAI Mission, aims to change this. India’s leadership, including initiatives like the IndiaAI Safety Institute and its work with GPAI, UNESCO, and OECD, underscores its commitment to inclusive and equitable AI development for the Global Majority.

​Ahead of the Summit, the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG), Global Network Initiative (GNI), and Tech Global Institute (TGI) will host a multi-stakeholder workshop on “Innovation, Openness, and AI” at MozFest 2025 in Barcelona. This “unconference” will gather 20–30 participants to develop concrete, bottom-up recommendations that promote openness, inclusion, and public-interest AI governance for the India AI Impact Summit and beyond.