PoliSync Centre for International Policy Engagement

29/09/2026

Last call: 25% early-bird discount on Applied AI Governance closes tomorrow.

This workshop is for whoever owns (or should be owning) the governance of AI in your organisations – your organisation’s AI policy.

Over four self-paced modules, Tea Mustać walks you through:
▫️ The basics of how AI systems work in relation to what you should be governing
▫️ The AI regulatory landscape, including the EU AI Act
▫️ How to set up an organisational governance framework you can actually implement, including roles, risk assessment, inventory, incident response
▫️ Real situations you will likely face in your organisation, like shadow AI and chatbot rollouts.

You leave with something usable, not just a certificate.

25% early-bird discount ends at 23:59 CEST on 30 September. After that, standard pricing kicks in.

👉 Enroll now: https://learning.polisync.org/ai-governance

23/09/2026

Tomorrow, 24 September: Free AI Governance taster workshop with Tea Mustać.

If you've been meaning to register, this is your last chance. We'll be walking you through the essentials of AI governance. You’ll get a taste of what the full Applied AI Governance course is about and have your questions answered.

📅 24 September
🕐 14:30 CEST
Free to join.

Come with your questions about the workshop. Stick around to the end. Attendees walk away with an additional taster workshop discount for the full workshop.

👉 Register for the free taster workshop: https://learning.polisync.org/ai-governance-taster

14/09/2026

We’re excited to launch PoliSync’s new Professional Certificate in Applied AI Governance — a practical, 20-hour online programme designed for professionals who need to make, influence or implement decisions about how AI is used within their organisations.

AI adoption is moving quickly. But in many organisations, governance, policies and safeguards are struggling to keep pace.

This programme is designed to help change that.

Led by AI governance and legal expert Tea Mustać, the course will cover:
▫️ Understanding the AI technologies you are being asked to govern
▫️ Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape, including the EU AI Act
▫️ Identifying and assessing AI risks
▫️ Managing “shadow AI” and staff use of AI tools
▫️ Establishing roles, responsibilities, accountability and human oversight
▫️ Strengthening AI procurement, vendor assessment and decision-making processes
▫️ Addressing privacy and data-protection considerations
▫️ Building a practical AI governance framework for your organisation

The programme is designed to be practical, accessible and grounded in organisational reality — not a law course for lawyers, and no legal or technical background is required.

The first cohort begins on 26 October 2026.

And for anyone who would like to learn more before enrolling, we’ll be holding a free taster workshop on Thursday, 24 September at 14:30 CEST, where Tea will introduce some of the key issues the course addresses and answer questions about the programme.

🎥 Watch the short video below to hear more.

Early-bird enrollment is open now. Save your spot before 30 September to lock in a 25% discount.

Learn more about the course👉 https://learning.polisync.org/ai-governance

28/08/2026

One question comes up in every cohort of our Certificate in Applied AI for Social Good, more than any other: “Okay, but what does the EU AI Act actually mean for us?”

It makes sense. Over 10,000 people have come through the Certificate — people working for nonprofits, international organisations, research organisations, small businesses — and most of them are using AI in their work long before anyone hands them a compliance checklist.

So we're pulling the topic out from behind the certificate and putting it here, in plain language, for anyone asking the same question.

Here's the short version

🔹 The EU AI Act sorts AI systems into risk categories — from ”unacceptable” (banned outright) to “minimal” (barely regulated) — and matches the rules to the risk.

🔹 Some obligations are already active. Since February 2025, banned AI practices are prohibited and staff working with AI need a baseline of AI literacy. Since August 2026, general-purpose AI models (think the models behind popular chatbots) have their own transparency rules and demand immediate disclosures.

🔹 The rules for high-risk AI systems, used in areas like employment, education, or access to services, are still phasing in, with the timeline recently adjusted to give organizations more time to adapt.

🔹 It doesn't only apply to tech companies. If your organization uses AI to screen candidates, personalise services, or support decisions, this Act likely touches you, whether you're a 500-person company or a 5-person NGO.

Swipe through for the plain-language breakdown 👉

Tune in, we’ll be talking more about this topic in the coming weeks.

22/04/2026

The feedback on our AI Certificate keeps coming in — and it keeps inspiring us 💙

Over 2,400 nonprofit professionals have completed our AI for Social Good certificate. From AI ethics and governance to hands-on prompting, participants gain practical tools they can apply immediately, alongside the skills to use them responsibly.

There’s still time to join. Due to such overwhelming demand, courses remain open. You can join the current April cohort or start in May.

Here’s what you’ll learn:
1️⃣ AI foundations – ethics, governance & prompting
2️⃣ AI for operations, admin & planning
3️⃣ AI for research, insights & data
4️⃣ AI-powered content, storytelling & advocacy

🎓 Free. Self-paced. Designed by nonprofits for nonprofits.

👉 Learn more and register for the certificate: https://www.polisync.org/ai-certificate


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10/04/2026

A timely op-ed just published by the World Economic Forum. Written by PoliSync’s Managing Director Cecilia Cannon and Director of PoliSync’s Migration Shift Hub Marie McAuliffe, it makes a compelling case for why we must not give up on international cooperation.

Here are some of the key points:
🔹 The multilateral system is facing its most sustained legitimacy crisis in decades. Institutions built to foster cooperation are being undermined, while fear-driven disinformation has moved from the fringes into the political mainstream.
🔹 A dangerous sense of inevitability has taken hold among policymakers and civil society that the rules-based multilateral system is finished, giving way to raw power.
🔹 The erosion of trust is measurable: across 34 countries, fewer than half of respondents believe international cooperation serves their personal interests. Trust in the UN has declined in 23 out of 27 countries between 2021 and 2024.
🔹 Yet much of what holds daily life together - aviation safety, medicine standards, humanitarian law, democratic norms - is the quiet result of international cooperation. These systems only become visible when they fail.
🔹 The antidote? Rebuilding public trust through genuine connection with people around the world–grounded in evidence, open dialogue, and shared understanding. That means acknowledging real fears and the shortcomings of the multilateral system so that meaningful reform can take shape, while making clear what’s at stake if we let it unravel. Cooperation must also be reclaimed for what it was always meant to be: a space where actors confront differences around a table rather than on the battlefield, and forge agreements on shared issues through dialogue and constructive debate.
🔹 Anchored in Geneva, Stronger Together (https://www.polisync.org/stronger-together) brings together actors across sectors and regions to pool evidence and translate it into meaningful public engagement and advocacy.

👉 Read the full op-ed here: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/future-of-multilateralism/

International organizations must rebuild trust in multilateralism through dialogue and shared understanding, write leaders of the PoliSync Centre for International Policy Engagement.

08/04/2026

🌍 What makes Geneva irreplaceable and why it matters?

At the International Conference "Urban Spaces, Migrant Lives" organised by Broad-Er Bridging the Migration and Urban Studies Nexus, Marie McAuliffe, Director of PoliSync's Migration Shift Hub, made the case for preserving one of the world's most critical diplomatic assets: International Geneva.

Home to 43 international organizations, 184 member states and over 30,000 diplomats, civil servants and civil society leaders, Geneva is far more than a city - it is the world's foremost multilateral hub, ranked #1 for diplomacy in 2024. It is where Global South and Global North voices converge on the issues of peace and security, human rights, migration and displacement.

As the world grows more uncertain and fragile, preserving this space is a strategic necessity.

At PoliSync's Migration Shift Hub, we believe this kind of international architecture matters. It's where forward-looking, human-centered migration policy gets shaped. We're proud to be part of this ecosystem, and proud of Marie for bringing PoliSync's perspective to conversations like these.

MiReKoc, Migration Research Center at Koç University
Ville de Genève