{"id":134519,"date":"2025-03-07T17:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/posts\/134519\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T17:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:34:31","slug":"homo-digitalis-event-on-the-ai-act-and-opportunities-for-synergies-for-civil-society-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/posts\/134519\/","title":{"rendered":"Homo Digitalis Event on the AI Act and opportunities for synergies for Civil Society Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"259\">On <strong data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"106\">Thursday, February 27<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"126\">Homo Digitalis<\/strong> organized the <strong data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"210\">first-ever workshop on the AI Act for Civil Society Organizations<\/strong> in Greece at its offices in <strong data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"257\">ViOS Coworking Space!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"449\">More than <strong data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"291\">20 organizations<\/strong> participated, coming from diverse backgrounds but sharing a common interest: <strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"447\">collaborating on the challenges and opportunities arising from the AI Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"477\"><strong data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"475\">Event Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"697\">During the event, we presented our <strong data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"539\">three thematic studies<\/strong> on the AI Act:<br data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"557\" \/><strong data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"608\">-Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIAs)<\/strong><br data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"611\" \/><strong data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"666\">-Supervisory Authorities &amp; AI Governance Ecosystem<\/strong><br data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"669\" \/><strong data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"695\">-Prohibited Practices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"961\">We also hosted <strong data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"744\">thematic discussion groups<\/strong> on four key topics:<br data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"767\" \/><strong data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"811\">-Environment &amp; Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><br data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"814\" \/><strong data-start=\"817\" data-end=\"866\">-Business Practices &amp; Algorithmic Transparency<\/strong><br data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"869\" \/><strong data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"902\">-AI in Policing &amp; Migration<\/strong><br data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"905\" \/><strong data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"959\">-AI Systems, Democracy &amp; the Information Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"990\"><strong data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"988\">A Huge Thank You!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1130\">We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the organizations that participated, bringing their <strong data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1127\">energy, trust, and spirit of collaboration<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1132\" data-end=\"1365\">A special thanks to the <strong data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1179\">Homo Digitalis team<\/strong> for organizing the event and presenting our studies: <strong data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1363\">Sofia Antonopoulou, Niki Georgakopoulou, Lamprini Gyftokosta, Tania Skrapaliori, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, and Stavroula Chousou.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1398\"><strong data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1396\">Proudly Supported by:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1556\">This event was made possible with funding from the <strong data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1480\">European AI &amp; Society Fund<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1512\">European Digital Rights<\/strong>\u2014we are incredibly proud of their support!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1558\" data-end=\"1576\"><strong data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1574\">Join Us!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1670\">Want to be part of this collaborative effort? <strong data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1668\">Fill out <a href=\"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/contact\/\">the contact form<\/a> on our website!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"2204\"><strong data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1704\">Participating Organizations:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1707\" \/>ActionAid Hellas, KEAN &#8211; Cell of Alternative Youth Activities, Greenpeace Greece, WWF Greece, inside story., Reporters United, Solomon, Eteron Institute, KnowledgeRights21, EKPIZO, Greek Council for Refugees, Open Lab Athens, Vouliwatch, Amnesty International &#8211; Greece, Transparency International Greece, I Have Rights., HIAS Greece, Open Technologies Organization, CopWatchGR, Hellenic League for Human Rights, omniatv, Diversity Charter Greece, Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality and Diversity.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;] On Thursday, February 27, Homo Digitalis organized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":134516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[447,461,462,476,543,749,817],"class_list":["post-134519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actions","tag-algorithms","tag-awareness-en","tag-get-informed","tag-meeting-en","tag-speech","tag-partnerships","tag-civil-society-organisations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134521,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134519\/revisions\/134521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}