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.
€202.500
Belgium / Europe
This grant enabled European Patients' Forum to position themselves as the lead voice when it comes to patient engagement and AI. They organised capacity building training for patients’ rights organisations and EPF was able to join the European Commission’s regular E-Health Stakeholder Group meetings and WHO working group, working to unlock more capacity and access to healthcare with digitalization and responsible AI.
Learn more€206.666
Europe | Netherlands
ESWA advanced online advocacy for sex workers’ rights and strengthened community engagement. ESWA held action-planning meetings with members focused on EU policy developments and in 2024 organised Europe’s first in-person Digital Rights Convening for sex workers, member organisations, and allies. ESWA also succesfully advocated for sex workers’ digital rights in a number of EU policies and regulations, including the Digital Services Act and and AI Act.
Learn more€309.982
United Kingdom
With this grant, Glitch carried out the first intersectional research on deepfake image abuse against Black women, filling a gap in the field. It used the findings to make recommendations for reducing racialised online gender-based violence, and assessed the EU AI Act for gaps in intersectional policy. It also worked with a group of Black women experts on its response to Ofcom's Illegal Harms consultation.
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€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.
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.
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