🤖 Preparing Schools for the AI Era 🌐 UNICRI, through its Centre for AI and Robotics, is launching “AI Literacy for Schools: Training Teachers for a Changing World” in collaboration with @OpenAI under the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Youth & Wellbeing Grant. 🔎 Key highlights 🔹 Strengthening generative AI literacy among teachers worldwide 🔹 Supporting the integration of AI literacy into everyday learning 🔹 Promoting responsible and human-centred approaches to AI in education 🔹 Equipping educators with tools and skills to guide students in using AI safely and responsibly 🔹 Building on UNICRI’s work on AI, child protection, and digital safety 📚 Education does not simply prepare young people for the future – it helps shape the values, critical thinking, and responsibility that will define it. ➡️ bit.ly/4ejaPIB

❓ What kind of social order emerges when informal economies, violence, corruption and exclusion overlap? 🌍 During the launch webinar of UNICRI’s report Dangerous Liaisons: Assessing the Nexus between Terrorism and Criminal Activities in Africa, experts discussed how the terrorism–crime nexus is often embedded in broader dynamics involving governance challenges, informal economies, corruption and social marginalisation. 🔎 Key insights 🔹 The terrorism–crime nexus is complex, adaptive and highly context-specific. 🔹 Relationships between terrorist and criminal actors evolve along a continuum, from coexistence and cooperation to competition and convergence. 🔹 Informal economies, corruption, social marginalisation and terrorist-related violence often intersect and reinforce one another. 🔹 Effective responses require stronger governance, resilience, inclusion and opportunities at the local level. ➡️ bit.ly/4uy3uv3

🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇺🇳 Advancing prison governance and international cooperation against organized crime. ⚖️ Representatives of the Italian Ministry of Justice @minGiustizia, Mexico and UNICRI met with Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Justice Alberto Balboni to discuss ongoing efforts within the framework of the Programme Strengthening the Penitentiary System and Social Crime Prevention Policies in Mexico, funded by @ItalyMFA. The discussion involved senior representatives of the Federal Secretariat for Security and Citizen Protection (Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana – @SSPCMexico), the Administrative Body for Prevention and Social Reintegration (Órgano Administrativo Desconcentrado de Prevención y Reinserción Social – @PyRS_Mexico), and the Mexico City Penitentiary System. Key highlights: 🔹 Enhancing prison governance and institutional capacities 🔹 Countering organized crime within and beyond correctional settings 🔹 Promoting labour and vocational opportunities as key elements of rehabilitation and social reintegration 🔹Advancing the exchange of expertise and good practices between Italy and Mexico and reinforcing the trilateral partnership between UNICRI, Italy and Mexico. 🔹The meeting ubderscored the important contribution of the Italian Department of Prison Administration (DAP) and the value of international partnerships in addressing complex security and justice challenges. 🙏 Thanks to Undersecretary Alberto Balboni, the Department of Prison Administration, SSPC, OADPRS, the Mexico City Penitentiary System and all partners involved for their engagement and collaboration. 🌐 Organized crime crosses borders. Effective responses depend on strong institutions, shared expertise and sustained international cooperation.

🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇺🇳 Strengthening prison systems to counter organized crime through international cooperation. ⚖️ Representatives of Italy, Mexico and UNICRI met at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (@ItalyMFA - MFA) to advance cooperation under the Programme for the Strengthening of the Penitentiary System and Social Crime Prevention Policies in Mexico funded by MFA. 🌐 The initiative brings together the Federal Secretariat for Security and Citizen Protection (Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana – @SSPCMexico), its Administrative Body for Prevention and Social Reintegration (Órgano Administrativo Desconcentrado de Prevención y Reinserción Social – @PyRS_Mexico), the Mexico City Penitentiary System, and Italian institutional partners to enhance prison governance, support social reintegration and strengthen responses to organized crime. Particular emphasis was placed on the contribution of the Department of Prison Administration (DAP) of the Italian Ministry of Justice (@minGiustizia), a key partner in the implementation of the programme. 🙏 Thanks to all partners involved for their engagement and collaboration. 🧭 Criminal networks operate across borders. Addressing them effectively requires trusted partnerships, strong institutions and sustained international cooperation.

🌐 The strongest safety and security networks are built long before a crisis occurs. 🗺️ Over the past week, more than 250 participants from 70 countries gathered at the @UN Campus in Turin for the #EUCBRNCoE Academy 2026. 🔎 Key highlights 🔹 Contributions from the @EU_Commission, UNICRI, partner countries, regional secretariats, technical experts and industry. 🔹 Participation of donor governments, including Canada, France, Italy, Norway, Singapore and the United States, among others. 🔹 Participation of partners and international organizations including @iaeaorg, @INTERPOL_HQ, @NATO, @NUSingapore, @OPCW, @RACVIAC, @UN_Disarmament, @UN_OCT and @WHO. 🔹 Demonstrations of innovative technologies and rescEU CBRN capabilities. 🇪🇺 Funded by the European Union and implemented in cooperation with UNICRI, the #EUCBRNCoE Initiative has spent more than 16 years helping partner countries strengthen their ability to prevent, detect and respond to evolving CBRN risks. 🧭 As technological change, geopolitical instability and transnational threats reshape the risk landscape, the Initiative continues to provide a unique platform for cooperation, capacity-building and practical action. Faced with increasingly complex and interconnected risks, cooperation remains one of our most effective tools for prevention, preparedness and response. 🙏 Thank you to all partner countries, institutions, experts, speakers and participants for their commitment and contributions throughout the week. ➡️ bit.ly/4eokDB8 @EU_FPI I #EUCBRNCoE I #EUForeignPolicy

🛜 Information shapes perceptions, decisions and societies. Protecting its integrity has never been more important. 🌐 Join the Summer School on Misinformation, Disinformation and Hate Speech, organized by UNICRI and @SIOItweet. 🔎 Key topics 🔹 Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech 🔹 Human rights and legal frameworks 🔹 AI, social media and digital propaganda 🔹 Detecting and debunking harmful narratives 🔹 Counter-narratives and policy responses 🗓️ 6–10 July 2026 | Hybrid (Rome or online) ⌛️ Apply by 21 June 2026 💡 Critical thinking empowers informed choices and resilient communities. ➡️ bit.ly/4ubB62S

When authoritarianism spreads, #HumanRights defenders stand up for freedom and democracy – often at great cost. Germany 🇩🇪 stands with defenders, announcing over $1M for the new Lighthouse Global Protection Fund (lighthousedefenders.org/ )

From Paris to Mexico nonstop. Because great journeys should feel seamless from the very beginning.

« Ensemble, jour après jour, nous pouvons bâtir un monde plus juste, où règnent la compassion, l’égalité et la dignité pour tous et toutes. » @antonioguterres à l'occasion du 100e jour avant la Journée internationale de la paix. un.org/fr/observances/intern…

From mobile labs to detection technologies and robotics, the EU CBRN CoE Academy showed what preparedness looks like in practice. No country can face CBRN risks alone, but cooperation can turn shared threats into shared readiness. This is #EUForeignPolicy in action! #EUCBRNCoE Read the full recap: link.europa.eu/jJrh9y

🌐 Criminal threats may emerge locally, but their impacts are increasingly global. 🇺🇳 At #CCPCJ35, UNICRI and 🇮🇹 @ItalyUN_Vienna explored why examining regional crime trends is essential to anticipating emerging threats and developing effective global responses. 🧭 The discussion highlighted how technological change, cyber-enabled crime, illicit financial flows and converging forms of organized crime are increasingly shaping security and justice landscapes across regions. 💡Understanding how regional trends intersect and influence one another is essential to building more effective crime prevention and criminal justice responses. 🙏 Our sincere thanks to all speakers, participants and partners for contributing their expertise and perspectives. @DeboraLepre I @ItalyUN_Vienna I @ItalyMFA I @cooperazione_it I @aics_it I @ItalyUN_NY I @UNODC_CCPCJ I @UNICRI_Director

Very pleased to gather insights from our valued stakeholders during this year's #AIforSaferChildren Advisory Board! And very proud to present such remarkable training results & #AI support for child abuse investigations - now a critical technology to this field @moiuae @UNICRI

📌 Another step forward in understanding responsible AI, how it can support law enforcement in Brazil and what capacities, safeguards and governance frameworks are needed to enable its effective adoption. ⚙️ What's next? Strategic engagement with police leadership to translate findings into concrete priorities, close operational gaps and help shape the road ahead for responsible AI adoption. The 🇪🇺 EU-funded #AIPOL initiative, implemented in partnership with @INTERPOL_IC and the @EU_Commission, supports law enforcement in advancing responsible AI across: 🇧🇷 Brazil | 🇮🇳 India | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 🇴🇲 Oman ▶️ About the AI Toolkit: bit.ly/4buuF2f ▶️ About AI-POL: bit.ly/4geB6s8

L'@EmbaMexIta ha partecipato all'inaugurazione del programma triennale di cooperazione in materia penitenziaria promosso dall'@UNICRI. 🧵

La @EmbaMexIta participó en la inauguración del programa trienal de cooperación en materia penitenciaria impulsado por @UNICRI. 🧵

🇳🇬 From Assessment to Action 🇺🇳 UNICRI recently held the second #AIPOL Leadership Dialogue Workshop in Abuja with the Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG. ⚙️ Focused on turning the findings of the Responsible AI Organizational Readiness Assessment into action, the workshop explored priority readiness gaps, roadmap development for responsible adoption of AI, and approaches to responsible AI innovation in law enforcement. 🧭 The workshop concluded with a strategic dialogue with Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, and his management team on navigating the opportunities and challenges of AI. 📌 The discussions marked an important step towards translating assessment findings into concrete priorities and practical measures for the responsible integration of AI into policing. The workshop forms part of the 🇪🇺 EU-funded AI-POL initiative, implemented by UNICRI in partnership with @INTERPOL_IC and the @EU_Commission. The initiative is being implemented in: 🇧🇷 Brazil | 🇮🇳 India | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 🇴🇲 Oman

Nigeria Police concluded AI-POL workshop on artificial intelligence, focusing on innovation, governance, and responsible AI use in law enforcement. guardian.ng/news/police-cond…