Empowering Europe with AI Skills: AISHA, AI4Gov-X, AI-SECRETT Joint Event

From AI literacy to trusted AI competence: EU policymakers and industry discuss what Europe should certify and who should vouch for it.

European AI skills policy has moved from awareness to obligation. Article 4 of the AI Act requires organisations to ensure AI literacy among their staff. The AI Continent Action Plan announces an AI Skills Academy, and the Union of Skills promotes micro-credentials for fast, flexible upskilling.

One question remains open: how does AI competence become trusted? Literacy is a floor, not a guarantee. It does not show that a civil servant can procure and oversee an AI system, that a creative professional can use generative AI responsibly, or that a city manager can deploy AI services for climate adaptation.

This open event brings together the European Commission, regional leaders, industry and three EU-funded skills projects to discuss one guiding question: what makes AI competence trustworthy, and who should vouch for it?

The three projects act as test beds:

• AI4Gov-X delivers a micro-credential-based master’s programme on AI for Government.
• AI-SECRETT builds the equivalent programme on AI for Creativity and the Triple Transition.
• AISHA, the AI Skills Hub Academy, connects AI skills provision across Europe, including training for cities and local authorities.

The event is jointly organised by AI4Gov-X, AI-SECRETT and AISHA, with Cognito S.r.l. and VUB-FARI. It is free of charge, but attendance will be confirmed by organizers. The event is hybrid: you can join us in person in Brussels, or follow online via livestream. Choose your ticket type at registration; the streaming link will be emailed to online participants before the event.

Agenda

• 11:00–11:15: Opening and welcome remarks. Gianluca Misuraca (AISHA Coordinator and AI4Gov-X Scientific Director); Francesco Mureddu (Cognito S.r.l.); VUB-FARI representative
• 11:15–11:30: Keynote. Policy context: the EU AI skills agenda, from AI literacy to the AI Skills Academy. European Commission, DG CNECT, AI Office
• 11:30–11:45: Fireside chats. Three test beds, one question: five-minute provocations from AI4Gov-X, AI-SECRETT and AISHA
• 11:45–12:45: Policy roundtable. Co-moderated by AI4Gov-X and AISHA
• 12:45–13:00: Closing remarks. Gianluca Misuraca; Francesco Mureddu; VUB-FARI representative
• 13:00–14:00: Networking lunch, offered by VUB-FARI and Cognito S.r.l.

The event will be photographed and video-recorded (opening, keynote, fireside chats and closing; speakers appear in recordings of their contributions). The material will be used to promote and report on the AI4Gov-X, AI-SECRETT and AISHA projects. It may appear on the projects’, Cognito’s and FARI’s websites and social media, and in reports to the European Commission.

The data controller is Cognito S.r.l., with VUB-FARI as co-organiser. Processing is based on your consent given at registration and on our legitimate interest in documenting a public EU-funded event (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a) and (f)). Material is kept for the duration of the projects and the audit period set by the grant agreements.

If you prefer not to be photographed, tell the registration desk on arrival. You can access, correct or delete your data, or withdraw consent, at any time by writing to francesco.mureddu@cognito-xai.eu. You can also complain to your data protection authority.