Global Majority AI Fellowship
at the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance
The Heinrich Böll Foundation Washington, DC is pleased to announce its Global Majority AI Fellowship, a new initiative to support civil society experts from the Global South to participate in the first session of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, societies, and daily life around the world, yet the few existing governance frameworks meant to guide its development remain overwhelmingly shaped by the domestic interests of a small number of nations and the corporations headquartered within them. The Global Dialogue on AI Governance (Global Dialogue) is a new multilateral, recurring forum established by the UN General Assembly in August 2025 fulfilling a commitment made in the Global Digital Compact. The purpose of the Global Dialogue is to ensure that AI governance reflects the priorities of all nations and that the benefits of AI are shared broadly. It will only be through effective civil society participation that the Global Dialogue will achieve those goals.
The first session takes place in Geneva from 6 - 7 July 2026, back-to-back with an ITU Summit and the WSIS Forum. A second session will follow in New York in May 2027. The fellowship aims to bridge the first meeting in Geneva with the second meeting in New York.
