I’m not sure if you’ve had any interactions with the “EU Technical Policy Fellowship” led by Training for Good. You can find a lot of information online, and I could put you in contact with the trainers/organisers if that would be helpful.
They take 12 people (out of about 300 applicants) through an intense 8-week program about how to influence EU policy towards better AI Safety Governance. I was lucky enough to be a fellow earlier this year. Many of the fellows then do a 6-month internship at an AI-focused think-tank or Civil Society organisation.
IMHO this group may be of interest to some of the fellows and/or they may be interested in volunteering to support some of the activities. I’m not sure, as the focus of the fellowship is very much on getting people into the bodies that you do not want to duplicate.
They may also just have a good network of others who may be interested—again, possibly you already have access to the same network (Brussels isn’t so big!)
There may also be potential to work with the new AI Office. I’m sure they are totally understaffed and over-worked at the moment—however, it sounds like you’re planning to do some things that they would support, so maybe they would see enabling this organisation as an effective way to meet some of their needs.
Sorry forgot to reply to this after upvoting. We have some local contacts that we are talking to, but it is good to have more so that the project gets on people’s radar, and we could find additional collaborators! If you can put me in touch with your contacts, I would be grateful! :)
Hi,
I’m not sure if you’ve had any interactions with the “EU Technical Policy Fellowship” led by Training for Good. You can find a lot of information online, and I could put you in contact with the trainers/organisers if that would be helpful.
They take 12 people (out of about 300 applicants) through an intense 8-week program about how to influence EU policy towards better AI Safety Governance. I was lucky enough to be a fellow earlier this year. Many of the fellows then do a 6-month internship at an AI-focused think-tank or Civil Society organisation.
IMHO this group may be of interest to some of the fellows and/or they may be interested in volunteering to support some of the activities. I’m not sure, as the focus of the fellowship is very much on getting people into the bodies that you do not want to duplicate.
They may also just have a good network of others who may be interested—again, possibly you already have access to the same network (Brussels isn’t so big!)
There may also be potential to work with the new AI Office. I’m sure they are totally understaffed and over-worked at the moment—however, it sounds like you’re planning to do some things that they would support, so maybe they would see enabling this organisation as an effective way to meet some of their needs.
Sorry forgot to reply to this after upvoting. We have some local contacts that we are talking to, but it is good to have more so that the project gets on people’s radar, and we could find additional collaborators! If you can put me in touch with your contacts, I would be grateful! :)