AI4Gov-X

🎉 MagiX is officially launched.

Last Friday, Madrid was the backdrop for a milestone moment in AI4Gov-X’s journey. MagiX is the first master’s programme in Europe to bring together Artificial Intelligence, Data Spaces, and Digital Government Transformation in a single, coherent learning journey, built specifically for civil servants and public-sector professionals. 38 partners. 20 countries. 12 months of work, and hundreds of conversations with the people who actually shape public services across Europe.

After more than a year of work, this was the day it all came together.
The launch was led by Alessandro Deserti (Politecnico di Milano) and Claudio Feijoo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), before giving way to a rich panel discussion on “Upskilling the Civil Servant of the Future”, moderated by Gianluca Misuraca.
Panelists Gabriela Viale Pereira, J. Ignacio Criado, Pilar Torres, and Roel Dobbe brought perspectives from across academia, industry and public administration, a reflection of exactly the kind of cross-sector dialogue that MagiX is built around.

At its core, MagiX is about one thing: equipping today’s and tomorrow’s civil servants with the skills to lead government transformation, not just keep pace with it. Because digital change in the public sector doesn’t happen through technology alone. It happens through people.

The official unveiling took place following our third consortium meeting, and brought together academics, policymakers, practitioners, and alumni from AI4Gov, a community that has been part of this story from the start.

This is only the beginning. Follow AI4Gov-X to stay close to what comes next — and there is plenty coming.
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Tomorrow we’re hosting an open event in Madrid, and it’s one we’ve been looking forward to for a long time.

After two days of consortium meetings at IE University, we’re throwing open the doors to announce MagiX: the AI4Gov-X Master in AI, Governance Innovation & Digital Transformation. Europe’s first programme of its kind, designed from the ground up for public sector professionals navigating a world increasingly shaped by AI.

Anna Barbara, our Project Coordinator, will open the floor alongside Irene Blázquez Navarro, Director of the Center for the Governance of Change at IE University.

Then Alessandro Deserti (Politecnico di Milano) and Claudio Feijoo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), the Co-Directors behind the educational programme, will walk us through what MagiX actually is and why we built it the way we did.

We’ll close with a panel conversation that gets into the harder question: what does it really take to prepare civil servants for the AI era? Not just tools and technology, but data governance, accountability, and institutional change. The panel will be moderated by our Scientific Director Gianluca Misuraca, and Gabriela Viale Pereira (University for Continuing Education Krems), Juan Ignacio Criado (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Pilar Torres (AMETIC), and Roel Dobbe (Delft University of Technology) bringing perspectives from across academia, industry, and government.

27 February, 13:00–14:00 CET
IE Tower, Madrid

More on the programme in the weeks to come.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.es/e/launching-magix-tickets-1983271912679

📍 On February 5th, the Public Law OrganisEPLO - European Public Law Organization, a valued partner of , conducted a stakeholder roundtable on "Advancing Digital Transformation in the Public Administration in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)" in Athens.

The Scientific Director of AI4Gov-X, Gianluca Misuraca, joined the conversation and talked about how the project is working to speed up the use of AI and bring about long-lasting by teaching people new skills and improving their existing ones.

The roundtable touched issues like:

💠Learning and skills for that uses AI
💠 How ready institutions are for government transformation
💠 Information about new frameworks that will help the civil servant of the future.

🌍 As AI plays a growing role in public decision-making, one question matters more than ever: how do we build systems that make people in government stronger, not weaker?

In an article for Stanford Graduate School of Business, Michael McDowell explores why human-centred AI design matters and how education and skills determine whether AI enables meaningful change in government or introduces new risks.

A worthy read for anyone considering a future in public service, and for those thinking about the skills public administrations need to lead change.

🔗 Read more: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/designing-ai-keeps-human-decision-makers-mind

⏳ Last call to apply to be an Associated Partner!

This is the final opportunity for organisations to join the AI4Gov-X initiative, advancing , , and the skills needed by civil servants of the future.

To apply, submit a short Expression of Interest (EOI) outlining your organisation, a contact person, your motivation, and how you can contribute.

📩 Send your EOI to [email protected]

⏳ Deadline: 31 January 2026 (23:59 CET)

🔗 More information: https://ai4gov-x.eu/call-for-associated-partners/

📍 Parliaments, Democracy and Artificial Intelligence | Bologna

On January 23, our Scientific Director, Gianluca Misuraca, spoke on behalf of AI4Gov-X at the University of Bologna's conference, "Parliaments, Democracy, and Artificial Intelligence."

Gianluca was on the panel about digital constitutionalism and AI after Anna Ascani, Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, gave the main speech.

The talk brought together academics, politicians, and people who work in the public sector to talk about how AI is changing democratic institutions and what this means for education, government capacity, and government reform.

These questions are crucial for getting the future civil servant ready to work in environments where laws and decisions are getting more and more complicated.

We would like to thank Monica Palmirani and the organising team for putting together such a timely and meaningful meeting.

Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

📢 You still have time to apply to be an Associated Partner!

AI4Gov-X is creating a European community focused on education, , and equipping future civil servants with the skills they need to lead in public administrations.

Why apply?

Associated Partners share their expertise, help validate training content, take part in working groups, and spread the word about AI4Gov-X outputs within their networks.

How to apply?

Send in a short Expression of Interest (EOI) that includes:
💠 The name of your company and the person to contact
💠 Why do you want to join?
💠 How you can help?

Due date: January 31, 2026, at 23:59 PM CET

🔗 More info can be found at https://ai4gov-x.eu/call-for-associated-partners/