Rythmisis, Hellenic National Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Personal Data and Digital Governance Law
Budget
€1,000
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
5
3.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The objectives of Rythmisis are indicatively as follows: a) The development, promotion and promotion of the law of artificial intelligence, personal data, big data and digital governance and the advisory support of companies in the sector through the creation of a grid of regulatory guidelines. b) Assistance in the creation of soft law, guidelines and industry standards. c) The conclusion of contracts and memoranda of understanding with institutions, natural and legal persons, specialised in various areas of social life in order to provide their specialised feedback regarding the influence of technology, digitalisation and artificial intelligence on them. d) Regulatory compliance training on data protection, technology, digitisation and artificial intelligence issues for children, young people, and people from vulnerable social groups.
EU Legislative Interests
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
Communication Activities
Rythmisis has recently set up a Brussels desk comprised of Greek diaspora specialised in the AI legal field. The purpose of this venture is for Rythmisis to gain exposure and participate in the Brussels AI stakeholder and decision-making universe, aiming at communicating and contributing the Rythmisis' principles to the discussion. Since its establishment, Rythmisis Brussel's experts attend events (e.g. Masters of Digital, Microsof AI Tour) hosted in russels and Luxembourg (e.g. CSSF presentation of AI Report), while the team has submitted its feedback to the (i) Consultation on Commission's Guidelines on general-purpose AI models and (ii) Targeted stakeholder consultation on classification of AI systems as high risk.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
No associations or affiliations.
Organisation Members
List of Members: https://rythmisis.gr/%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B7/ For the avoidance of doubt, Rythmisis Brussels is a taskforce formed out of the current members of Rythmisis. Rythmisis is not part of any organizations, does not have partners or affiliated entities.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.