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Welcome to ECNL’s Learning Center, where you can learn more about critical aspects that affect civic space. It is a free, easily accessible learning platform with a unique layout, providing a variety of different tools, explainers, videos and resources on selected issues. Start your ECNL Learning Center journey here.

Technology and Artificial Intelligence

Civic freedoms, safeguards, and transparency in the development and use of emerging technologies and AI.

Golden scale with AI Algortithm network and number rounds on it. In the background there are more lines representing networks (dark blue). The scale on on a white background "table."

Introduction: AI systems and human rights

10 different boxes with people in them. The first one portrays 2 men holding hand. The second one one man in glasses turning right. The 3rd one 2 women carrying a baby in a baby carriage. 4th a blond woman turning right. 5th a woman with handscarf turning left. 6th a woman of colour. 7th a person on wheelchair. 8th a woman of colour. 9th a pregnant woman and 10th a man in glasses. People of disadvantaged groups are coloured orange, the rest in blue. Dark blue background.

Community-specific human rights impacts of AI

People using mobiles being tracked by surveillance cameras

Surveillance technology

Security and Counter-terrorism

Human rights must become foundational principles to all security responses.

hands of protestors and megaphone in front of building

Introduction: impact of security standards on civil society work

Block figures representing civil society and bank face and do not understand each other. In speech bubble there are question marks and files and folders.

Access to financial services: the challenge of bank derisking

Low Medium High Risk Compass, Civil Society in Background

Risk-based approach: the need for collaboration

Two hands fit together a light bulb inside an open book with arrows on the page pointing towards the lightbulb

Effective advocacy: push back against undue counter-terrorism restrictions

Participation

Decision makers need to hear the voices of people and integrate them into laws and policies.

3 adults and 1 child in the middle of the scene, the adults jumping up an raising their hands while doing so. The child is raising one empowered hand. In the background on the wall (yade green), there is an EU Map and the EU stars in yellow. some conversation bubbles highlight health care and climate as issues.

Participation mechanisms at the EU-level

3 women, 2 sitting on game console, next to them another game console on which 2 lego figures are visible. On the left a woman using the phone with a speech bubble "Your voice matters"

Digital tools in participation

Funding and Philanthropy

CSOs must have better access to resources and should be able to benefit from the opportunities of new technologies when raising funds.

three hands, holding up a coin, a mobile phone with the text fundraising 101 on it, and a picture with an arrow

Introduction: fundraising methods and regulations

A network with a donation button, a credit card, a telephone, a donation box and a looking glass that is looking at a globe.

Monitoring the environment for fundraising