Citizens' Track on AI

What are we working towards?

Global dialogue

Embedding community assemblies and global citizen deliberation at the heart of international AI governance.

Local action

Ensuring community decisions about AI are informed by everyone who they affect.

Collective intelligence

Understanding diverse experiences of AI, and charting new paths for sustainable development in an era of AI.

Updates

September 04, 2026

Update: Co-designing community assemblies on AI

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July 31, 2026

Recommendations for the next Global Dialogue on AI Governance

Practical steps to support and facilitate a citizens' track.

July 11, 2026

Citizens' Track Update - 11th July

Updates from the Citizens' Track whitepaper launch, geneva events and news of the Partnership Hub on Participatory AI

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Upcoming Events

Join our upcoming workshops, community calls, and Citizens' Track events.

Sep 14

Monday, September 14, 2026

Online (Zoom)

Community Assembly Toolkit Co-design: Briefing & workshop

Join this short online briefing and workshop to learn more about the Citizens’ Track, how community assemblies can transform public engagement around AI, to shape the priorities for...

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Sep 16

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Gray Area / Grand Theater; 2665 Mission Street; San Francisco, CA 94110

Creating a toolkit for community assemblies on AI

Join us at Gray Area in San Francisco for a workshop to inform the co-design of a toolkit for informed, active conversations that let communities share views on...

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Sep 18

Friday, September 18, 2026

ASU, 1800 I Street, Washington, DC 20006

Catalysing community dialogue on Artificial Intelligence - Co-design workshop: a toolkit for community assemblies?

Join us and the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes of Arizona State University in Washington DC for a workshop and discussion on community assemblies on AI.

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How do we get there?

Public deliberation is a tried and tested approach to bring together expertise and lived experience, giving members of the public a chance to have an informed say on complex issues.

Learn: Find out more about public deliberation.

Explore: The Civic and Community Assembly model for transnational deliberation.

Discover: How a previous distributed dialogue brought together over 5,500 participants from over 70 countries to explore topics included digital identity, internet governance, the digital public sphere, disinformation, and AI.

Ultimately, all AI governance processes at local, national and global level should have a clear citizens’ track.

Our initial focus is on the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, as an emerging multi-stakeholder space open to all UN member states, and designed through an open process of consultation.

Our focus is on the ‘connective tissue’ that links existing dialogues with global AI governance - and that reveals gaps that need action from funders and delivery partners to make sure all affected communities across the globe are represented within citizen dialogue on AI.

Explore: Find existing practice from PAIRS: the Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium.

Contribute: A case book of Participatory AI