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Lots of update in these, rather sporadic week month notes. East Coast and West Coast In the middle of September I had a week in the USA, anchored around a draft paper I was presenting at the World Bank Global Forum on Coalitions for Reform (still in review, more on that soon hopefully), but building in the opportunity to catch-up with friends and colleagues in Ithaca, Washington, New York and the Bay Area. Thanks to kind hosting by Joe Foti at the Open Government Partnership I was able to run a hybrid workshop on draft principles for public participation in AI procurement (see below) at the Open Gov Hub, and the timing of the trip worked out just right to be able to join the Open Environmental Data Project for a convening on climate data infrastructures on Oakland (hosted in a building just next door to the home of one of my favourite infrastructure/architecture podcasts). I was also able to catch up with some of the team from the Collective Intelligence Project, and with leaders of

This preliminary mapping study, carried out for the Open Government Partnership, seeks to identify the organisations and institutions leading work and thinking on participatory digital governance, and to identify examples of promising practice that might be used in case studies, communications or peer-learning, with a view to informing future SMART recommendations for reforms that could be explored by Open Government Partnership stakeholders.

The 2026 Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium at the India AI Impact Summit - Feb 2026.

The 2026 Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium at the India AI Impact Summit - Feb 2026.

Principles for Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in AI Procurement Open drafting document How can different publics and civil society play a greater role in the procurement of AI-driven systems in t...

This primer explores why public agencies do not typically look to affected people for input on technology design, and explains why technology purchasing will be a focal point for needed change.

Dr Elinor Carmi's written evidence published in government inquiry report on online media literacy.

We must get away from the exclusion, elitism, and corporate capture that has dominated AI development to date

On 9th June the Prime Minister announced a skills drive on AI focussed technical/functional skills for students and workers, with the announcement centred on industry collaborations, and economic impa...