How we work

Consensus

We identify, demystify and solve ethical and practical problems in data and tech space.

Collaboration

We bring diverse communities together and facilitate collaboration.

Consulting

We anchor decision making across the public and private sectors at a time of increasing complexity.

Creation

We build innovative tech solutions for public good.

Expertise

We collaborate with the public and private sectors, civil society, and international organisations to address critical challenges at the intersection of technology, ethics, and human rights. Our expertise spans a broad range of key areas, and we are committed to helping our partners consistently achieve outcomes that are secure, compliant, and aligned with the highest standards of integrity.

  • Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Privacy, Data Protection, and Encryption
  • Open Data and Transparency
  • Policy, Governance, and Compliance
  • Innovation Strategy and Digital Transformation
  • Ethics in Technology and Responsible Development

What We Do

The Forum

Our free platform hosts a protected international community of passionate developers, thinkers, artists and beyond.

WEDF Live

Our critically acclaimed annual event covers the entire range of data and knowledge technologies.

The Open Standard

The WEDF Open Standard is a dynamic framework that guides developers, users, and stakeholders with concrete steps and questions for the ethical development of AI.

ERA (The Ethics and Rights Architecture)

The Ethics and Rights Architecture (ERA) is an analytical archive designed to address a critical challenge: the difficulty in accessing, sharing and using human rights and fundamental freedoms relevant information across the globe.

Democracy Research

The World Ethical Data Foundation is researching the attack surfaces of democracies worldwide with the intention of providing policy guidance and in certain instances practicable solutions for the minimisation of failure, corruption, and coercion in democratic processes.

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