She goes AI - Federal Government’s national initiative in Austria
Theme: Promoting skills and development
Phase and Stage: DIGITAL – Upskilling / reskilling
Action: Networking
Beneficiaries: Public institutions; Private companies; VET Providers; Women only; Adults; Universities
Users: Policy makers; Education providers; Training providers; Private companies; NGOs/Society; Researchers and experts
She goes AI is the central platform for information, networking and visibility for women and organisations committed to supporting women in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). It brings together resources, initiatives and best practices that support women on their journey into AI. At the same time, it creates opportunities to showcase expertise and individual activities, and to get involved in an intersectoral network called She goes AI Connect.
THE CHALLENGE
How to involve all the different stakeholders within the development phase to build up the initiative as a intersectoral network.
OUR SOLUTION
Clustering the different stakeholder groups, prioritise them and use the different networks to spread the inititiave.
OUTCOMES
There are now over 300 members, consisting of organisations, networks and experts. Over 60 of them are willing to contribute within a deeper form of involvement, called partnership.
LESSONS LEARNED
To integrate different opinions and include experiences from experts / organizations with knowledge about specific processes.
MOTIVATIONS OF THE PROJECT
The project was initiated by the national government under the inclusion of 4 experts who are focusing on empowering women in the field of AI.
INITIAL EXECTED RESULTS AND FINAL OUTCOME
A growing intersectoral network with a variety of offers within the network.
Outcome: over 300 members and almost 20 offers from the network
Specific measures within the five main areas of She goes AI with the following outcomes:
- over 300 workshops as well as 3 online webinars for women in the field of AI (focus on basic competences)
- a role model initiative with a social media campaign and a publicly accessable database (in development)
- an e learning modul for the public administration (in development)
