AI Sovereignty from the Global Majority

  • Panel
  • Class Room
  • Thursday 21.05 — 17:20 - 18:40
  • Academic 3
  • Business 1
  • Policy 3
As Artificial Intelligence becomes a strategic infrastructure shaping economic development, public governance, and geopolitical power, debates on AI sovereignty have been predominantly framed from the perspective of the most developed countries. Yet, countries from the Global Majority are increasingly articulating alternative models of AI sovereignty, grounded in distinct institutional capacities, development priorities, and governance traditions. This panel aims to analyze he concept of AI Sovereignty and how Global Majority countries can build meaningful AI sovereignty and what lessons their experiences offer in comparison to dominant approaches. The panel will explore AI sovereignty as the ability to build and govern an integrated AI Stack, including data governance, digital public infrastructure, computational capacity, digital literacy, strong cybersecurity, reliable electrical power, and regulatory frameworks. Particular attention will be given to identifying Key Sovereignty AI Enablers (KASE) that could enable countries to move beyond dependency toward sustainable AI ecosystem

Questions to be answered

  1. What does AI sovereignty mean from the perspective of the Global Majority, and how does it differ from dominant perspective’s?
  2. Which Key Sovereignty AI Enablers (KASE) are essential for building a sovereign AI Stack, and how are Global Majority countries addressing them in practice?
  3. What lessons can be drawn from the experiences of countries such as Brazil and India in pursuing AI sovereignty amid structural asymmetries in data, compute, and infrastructure?
  4. To what extent can cooperation among Global Majority countries foster a multipolar and development-oriented model of AI governance?

Speaker

Melody Musoni

European Centre for Policy Development - Netherlands