The India AI Impact Summit marked an important milestone for the Multistakeholder Approaches to Participation in AI Governance (MAP-AI) project – a joint initiative by the Global Network Initiative and the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi to strengthen inclusive participation in global AI governance processes.
Across a series of global pre-events and two full days of programming in Delhi, MAP-AI created a platform for participants to exchange ideas on the evolving landscape of AI governance – including safety frameworks, context-driven infrastructure, the role of standards, accountability, geopolitics, and the role of multistakeholder collaboration in shaping global norms. MAP-AI supported travel for four dozen academic and civil society experts from Global Majority contexts to attend the Summit and facilitated two distinct events to platform their perspectives. This report summarizes the perspectives, agendas, themes, and discussions articulated throughout this first phase of our MAP-AI activities.
Our 16 February the ‘Shared Learning Forum on AI’ brought together close to 300 academic and civil society participants for private discussions, while our 17 February public ‘Reinforcements & Learning: Multistakeholder Convening on AI Governance’ featured more than 400 participants from over 55 countries representing governments, industry, civil society, academia, standards bodies, and multilateral institutions and was acknowledged as an official satellite event of the Summit. These engagements were designed to elevate perspectives from the Global Majority and foster dialogue on how AI governance frameworks can better integrate human rights, safety, accountability, and equitable participation.
Please visit our website to track our ongoing phase two work around the 2026 UN Global Dialogue on AI and the Switzerland-hosted, 2027 AI Summit in Geneva.