Libyan Technology Foundation Contributes to the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance
As part of its continued engagement in the global digital governance ecosystem, the Libyan Technology Foundation (LTF) has contributed a written submission to the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance, drawing on its participation in relevant sessions and discussions and its work across technology governance, digital transformation, public policy, cybersecurity, and capacity-building.
This contribution forms part of LTF’s broader efforts to strengthen the participation of Libya, civil society, and developing countries in international discussions shaping the future governance of artificial intelligence. It also reflects the Foundation’s commitment to bringing national and regional challenges into global policy processes while connecting local institutions with international knowledge, standards, partnerships, and governance frameworks.
LTF’s contribution has been officially published by the United Nations among the Written Submissions to the AI Dialogue, under the Africa – Civil Society stakeholder category.
In its submission, LTF emphasized that the Global Dialogue should deliver practical, inclusive, and action-oriented outcomes, rather than being limited to broad political statements or principles. The Foundation called for a trusted global platform in which governments, civil society, academia, the private sector, the technical community, and youth can participate meaningfully, with particular attention to developing countries and regions that remain underrepresented in global AI governance discussions.
LTF identified four areas requiring urgent action and active engagement:
- AI capacity-building
- Safe, secure and trustworthy AI
- Protection and promotion of human rights
- Transparency, accountability and human oversight
The submission also highlighted national AI governance readiness in developing countries as an important cross-cutting issue. Many countries continue to face significant gaps in legal, institutional, technical, data-governance, cybersecurity, and public-sector capacities required to adopt and govern AI safely and effectively.
LTF further highlighted the growing risk of dependency on external AI platforms, infrastructure, datasets, and cloud services, particularly where such dependencies could affect digital sovereignty and local innovation. The Foundation also stressed the importance of multilingual and locally contextualized AI so that underrepresented languages, societies, and realities are adequately reflected in the development and deployment of AI systems.
From the Libyan perspective, the submission noted that governance gaps can constrain the ability of public institutions, civil society, academia, and the private sector to adopt AI in a safe, inclusive, and productive manner. Key challenges include the absence of clear AI policies, risk-assessment procedures, data-governance frameworks, technical standards, and institutional accountability mechanisms, alongside unequal access to reliable connectivity, digital infrastructure, cloud services, data resources, and advanced technical skills.
At the same time, LTF emphasized the significant opportunities AI presents for Libya and comparable contexts. Responsible AI adoption can contribute to better public-service delivery, greater administrative efficiency, stronger anti-corruption tools, enhanced cybersecurity capabilities, expanded access to education and training, and new opportunities for youth, startups, and local technology ecosystems.
At the international level, LTF called for the Global Dialogue to connect with and build upon existing mechanisms and initiatives, including the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) initiatives, the Global Digital Compact, regional AI strategies, and national multi-stakeholder processes.
The Foundation also advocated engagement formats that go beyond conventional meetings, including regional policy labs, multi-stakeholder roundtables, youth and civil society assemblies, scenario-based AI risk exercises, thematic working groups, digital consultation platforms, peer-learning exchanges, and mechanisms for connecting countries and organizations with relevant expertise and partnerships.
As part of its submission, LTF highlighted examples of its own national work, including the Informatics Governance Forum as a national platform for digital governance dialogue; contributions related to Libya’s National AI Strategy 2025–2030 and the National AI Charter; public-awareness activities; and policy work related to digital platform governance, cybersecurity, and institutional digital transformation.
Through this contribution, the Libyan Technology Foundation seeks to strengthen the connection between national action and the global technology governance ecosystem. Its participation is intended both to bring Libyan and developing-country perspectives into international policy processes and to connect national institutions and communities with global knowledge, standards, partnerships, and good practices.
LTF believes that developing countries should not remain merely consumers of artificial intelligence technologies. They should be active participants in shaping the principles, institutions, standards, and governance frameworks that will define the global AI ecosystem.