MAP-AI’s objective is to foster meaningful and effective multistakeholder engagement across a range of critical AI governance-focused convenings, processes, and initiatives, with a particular focus on elevating underrepresented voices and perspectives.

The Multistakeholder Approaches to Participation in AI Governance (MAP-AI) initiative was launched by the Global Network Initiative (GNI) and the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at National Law University Delhi in 2025, with the immediate goal of enhancing multistakeholder engagement and academic and civil society influence at the India AI Impact Summit, hosted by the Government of India in New Delhi in February 2026 (see here for more details on our Impact Summit programming). 

Building on our activities at the Impact Summit, MAP-AI will synthesize lessons learned, continue to facilitate multistakeholder engagement, and publish insights to inform future international AI governance efforts. 

See more: Reflections and Recommendations from the AI Impact Summit

Road to the Impact Summit

In the run-up to the Impact Summit, CCG and GNI convened a range of pre-Summit multistakeholder engagements around the world. These include:

• side event at the 2025 Internet Governance Forum on Aspirations for the India AI Impact Summit in Oslo, Norway,
• Workshop at Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires,
• sessions at the Global Digital Public Infrastructure Summit in Cape Town,
• full-day convening on Operationalising AI Safety in New Delhi,
• unconference at Mozfest Barcelona, and
• workshop on Collaborative Pathways for AI Governance in Geneva.

From these dialogues, a central insight that has emerged is this: the most immediate impacts of AI are unfolding in multilingual, culturally diverse, resource-constrained, and high-inequality contexts. Therefore, we are happy to put forth the learnings from these events into an Insights Document that consolidates evidence-based insights emerging from the pre-Summit dialogues. This document brings together insights across seven principles, including five key themes from the Summit—Safe and Trusted AI, Democratising AI Resources, AI for Economic Growth and Social Good, Human Capital, and Inclusion for Social Empowerment—as well as two cross-cutting areas: Multistakeholderism and Global South Leadership and Resources.

These insights feed into our flagship convening on 17 February and contribute to discussions at the India AI Impact Summit and beyond.
Find our Insights Document here.
 

MAP-AI Activities at the India AI Impact Summit

Through MAP-AI, GNI and CCG brought together a range of civil society and academic experts to the Impact Summit and create opportunities for them to share their critical perspectives and inputs. Drawing on the key pillars and principles articulated by the Government of India for the Impact Summit, the programming was built around four core themes:

On Tuesday, 17 February 2026, we convened ‘Reinforcements & Learning: Multistakeholder Convening on AI Governance’ bringing together governments, companies, academics, think tanks, the technical community, civil society, and researchers in a collaborative space for dialogue and exchange on key topics related to the Summit. The agenda can be found here. 

For more information, please reach out to: ccginfo@nludelhi.ac.in or info@globalnetworkinitiative.org.

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