EU AI Act for the Public Sector

Government is where the EU AI Act concentrates its highest stakes — benefits, policing, migration, courts and public hiring all sit in Annex III — and this track gives public bodies and public-service providers the Article 4 literacy to deploy AI lawfully: spotting prohibited practices, running the mandatory FRIA, registering use, and buying compliant systems in the first place.

What you’ll cover

1. 1
   Why the Act lands hardest on public bodies

   Understand why Annex III concentrates on public functions, whether you are a deployer or a provider, what the Article 4 literacy duty demands, and the timeline — including the 2030 long stop for legacy public-sector systems.

   30 min · 3-question quiz
2. 2
   The prohibited practices that touch government (Art. 5)

   Recognise the Article 5 prohibitions most likely to surface in government work — social scoring, profiling-based crime prediction, real-time biometric identification, face scraping and emotion recognition.

   30 min · 3-question quiz
3. 3
   The FRIA and public-deployer registration

   Know when a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment is mandatory, what it must cover, how to register your use in the EU database, and how the FRIA relates to the GDPR DPIA.

   35 min · 3-question quiz
4. 4
   Running high-risk AI in a public service (Art. 26 + citizen rights)

   Operate high-risk AI lawfully day to day: the Article 26 deployer checklist, the citizen's Article 86 right to an explanation, incident escalation, and human oversight that resists automation bias.

   35 min · 3-question quiz
5. 5
   Procurement & AI governance in a public body

   Win compliance at the tender stage, use the EU model contractual clauses, build inventories and registers, keep literacy fresh, and understand the penalties framework for public authorities.

   30 min · 3-question quiz