This list gathers open-source learning resources (articles, policy reports, courses, and toolkits) to complement the AI tools repository.

Learning Resources

Resources

This repository is aligned with UNESCO’s Digital Transformation and AI Competency Framework. It aims to support civil servants and governments in developing AI and digital competencies, including Digital Planning and Design, Data Use and Governance, and Digital Management and Execution.

Resource
#Digitalisation and #AI for EU criminal legal practitioners (Czechia)
Description
This seminar addresses various challenges linked to digitalisation that judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice working in the field of EU Criminal Justice will have to face for the years ahead.
Audience
Judiciary
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Course
#Digitalisation and #AI for EU criminal legal practitioners (Greece)
Description
This seminar addresses various challenges linked to digitalisation that judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice working in the field of EU Criminal Justice will have to face for the years ahead.
Audience
Judiciary
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Course
#Digitalisation and #AI for EU criminal legal practitioners (Poland)
Description
This seminar addresses various challenges linked to digitalisation that judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice working in the field of EU Criminal Justice will have to face for the years ahead.
Audience
Judiciary
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Course
A Global Study on Digital Capabilities
Description
This comprehensive study analyzes digital capabilities globally, highlighting the importance of digital skills for individuals, organizations, and societies, offering strategies for developing digital skills and driving digital transformation.
Audience
Public sector
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Reading
A grip on algorithms
Description
This toolkit overviews Amsterdam's approach and tools for a responsible use of algorithms, with the goal of increasing transparency while providing inspiration to other city governments.
Audience
Public sector
Competency
Digital management and execution
Type
Toolkit
A Guide to Data Innovation for Development
Description
A UNDP guide that provides guidance on using data innovation for addressing development challenges.
Audience
Public sector
Competency
Digital planning and design
Type
Toolkit
A Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector
Description
This guide provides practical advice for government officials on implementing AI in the public sector. It covers key considerations, such as data ethics, privacy, transparency, and fairness, and offers a framework for responsible AI deployment.
Audience
Public sector
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Toolkit
Action Plan ‘Towards User Empowerment: A Multistakeholder Action Plan for Integrating Media and Information Literacy on Digital Platforms’
Description
Within the framework of the Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms. This document aims to embed MIL across digital platforms to enhance users’ autonomy, critical thinking, and resilience - particularly in the face of algorithmic content curation and AI-generated misinformation.
Audience
Media sector
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Reading
AI and Indigenous Peoples
Description
UNESCO works to ensure that AI-based technology utilized by media organizations respects traditional knowledge and cultural practices of Indigenous Peoples, with actions to ensure their data sovereignty and intellectual property rights. In 2025, UNESCO published Indigenous Peoples and the Media.
Audience
Media sector
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Reading
AI and the Future of Journalism
Description
The Issue Brief "AI and the Future of Journalism," published in 2024, examines the impact of AI on the journalism landscape. It highlights therole of AI in reshaping journalistic practices, the challenges to editorial independence and integrity and how to safeguard the future of journalism.
Audience
Media sector
Competency
Data use and governance
Type
Reading
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