Updates on cybersecurity and ICTs for peacebuilding | August 2026
Read our latest bimonthly update here, covering January to August 2026.
Activities
Groundbreaking New Report on Extreme AI Risks launched during Geneva Cyber Week
A report entitled "The Essential Convergence: Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks" by the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) was co-launched by The Federation of Red Cross Societies (IFRC), the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP).The ICT4Peace Foundation and the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG).
A new report ‘The Essential Convergence: Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks’ by the Strategic Foresight Group was launched in Geneva on July 6 in the presence of some of ...
Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN GGE Geneva, Digital Sovereignty, Activities, Policy Research CS, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva, Tech Against Terrorism (TAT)
ICT4Peace at the AI for Good and WSIS Forum 2026
Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace reports
Anne-Marie Buzatu’s short report: What a week! From 6–9 July 2026, I had the privilege of contributing to some of the most substantive conversations happening in AI governance right now ...
Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Digital Sovereignty, Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva
ICT4Peace Co-Hosts Launch of: The Essential Convergence – Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks by the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG)
Prepared by the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) in cooperation with AI experts from the Global North and the Global South, the report offers a timely and evidence-based assessment of how major powers — including the United States, China, the European Union, India, Brazil, South Africa, South Korea and the UAE — are converging around common approaches to managing the most severe risks posed by advanced AI. Key findings of the report include: 1.) Identification of four categories of extreme AI risk attracting growing global attention. 2.) A proposal for a Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks. 3.) The introduction of the concept of “demand-side governance.
The ICT4Peace Foundation is proud to co-host the launch of a landmark new international report by the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG): “The Essential Convergence: Global Compact on Extreme AI Risks” ...
Responsible use of ICTs by Private Sector Companies including Private Cybersecurity Services Companies, Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN GGE Geneva, Activities, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security
ICT4Peace’s Anne-Marie Buzatu presenting in three events at Geneva Cyber Week 2026
ICT4Peace is founding organisation of the Geneva Cyber Week and again a proud partner of the 2026 edition.
ICT4Peace is founding organisation of the Geneva Cyber Week and again a proud partner of the 2026 edition. Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director of ICT4Peace is delighted to participate in the ...
Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) and UN GGE Geneva, Digital Sovereignty, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Geneva Cyber Week, Geneva Peace Week, Geneva Digital Atlas, UN WSIS Processes,Global Digital Compact, Summit for the Future, ICT4Peace Paragraph 36, UN SDGs, International Geneva
ICT4Peace Input to Swiss Strategic Review of the National Cyberstrategy (NCS)
ICT4Peace Civil Society Input — Strategic Review of the National Cyberstrategy (NCS) by Anne-Marie Buzatu, Executive Director, ICT4Peace Foundation Topic 2: Digital Sovereignty in the Context of Switzerland’s Cyber Resilience ...