THE LICHTENSTEIG DECLARATION
Ten principles any city can sign
One page for mayors, organisations and residents: AI that makes a city wiser, not only faster, with people in charge.
AI FOR CITIES COMMONS · THE OPEN WORKSPACE OF THE GLOBAL AI SUMMIT FOR CITIES
Where cities shape their future with AI, together
A declaration to sign, a framework to use, free learning and a summit to join.
Everything here is open: free to read, free to use and shaped in public. Each new version is published with its changes and the reasons for them.
Convened by Living Cities Earth and Global Mayors Academy.
READ AND SIGN
UNDERSTAND AND USE
AI FOR THRIVING CITIES · OPEN FRAMEWORK
From principles to practice
What we believe, why it matters, what a city commits to and how AI agents behave.
CITIES AFTER AI · WHITE PAPER
The case for choosing, not drifting
The reasons and the evidence behind the Declaration: collective intelligence, the AI dividend and living cities.
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GLOBAL AI SUMMIT FOR CITIES · ONLINE · FREE
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Every session is recorded. One registration for everyone, on aiforcities.earth.
LEARN · FREE
Free AI learning for your city
Free courses for city leaders, municipal teams, residents and young people, with a first step you can finish this week.
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MATERIALS · FREE TO SHARE
Everything you need to pass the work on
Documents
- The Lichtensteig Declaration0.7 MBDownload The Lichtensteig Declaration, PDFShare The Lichtensteig Declaration
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Posters
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Infographic: the four layers
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