Welcome to ForHumanity University

Launching on January 3rd, 2022, ForHumanity, a non-profit public charity will offer courses on the following subjects:​
Launching on January 3rd, 2022, ForHumanity, a non-profit public charity will offer courses on the following subjects:​

> Foundations of Independent Audit of AI Systems (IAAIS)

> UK GDPR Supplemental

> Children’s Code Supplemental

> FHTE – Risk Management Framework

> FHCA – NYC AEDT

> FHCA – Digital Services Act

> FHCA – EU AI Act

> FHCA – Disability Inclusion and Accessibility

> Algorithm Ethics – Ethics Committee Expert Accreditation

DSA

This course teaches ForHumanity's Digital Services Act certification scheme. Instructors will walk students through the scope of the scheme, how the Target of Evaluation is identified, critical defined terms, and how associated schemes like the Children's Code (CC) and Disability Inclusion & Accessibility (DI&A) certification schemes are incorporated into ForHumanity's DSA certification scheme. The course will teach each individual audit criteria so that individuals at organisations will know how to achieve compliance, how pre-audit service providers and auditors will know how to build compliance capacity and subsequently assure compliance and satisfy the law's requirements for Independent Audits.

EU AI Act

This course will train individuals to become ForHumanity Certified Auditors on the EU AI Act. This means that you will be trained on each and every audit criteria that ForHumanity has established in its work with CEN/CENELEC JTC 21 and will submit to the EU AIDB for approval. An FHCA on the EU AI Act from ForHumanity will be well equipped to establish a Target of Evaluation and conduct Independent Third Party Audits that will affirm and auditee’s conformity with ForHumanity’s audit criteria – the highest form of comprehensive compliance with the Act available. This course will enable auditors, pre-audit service providers (strategy, guidance, capacity building, change management), employees tasked with meeting the demands of EU AI compliance

DI&A

This ForHumanity Certified Auditor course will train the student on the required audit criteria governing Equality laws, especially focused on inclusion and accessibility. Criteria is focused on usability, accessibility, notice, accommodations and genearal compliance with best practices, standards and legal requirements. Areas of concentration include bias mitigation, comparability of EU/UK/US equality requirements, stakeholder identification, Diverse inputs and Multi Stakeholder feedback, Algorithm Risk Assessments, Inclusivity Risk Assessments, WCAG conformance and adverse incident reporting.

ALGETH

Algorithm Ethics teaches students the necessary skills and knowledge to adjudicate instances of Ethical Choice associated with AI, Algorithmic and Autonomous Systems. A graduate will earn an Expert accreditation and will be well qualified to sit on standing and empowered Ethics Committees. They will be en expert in understanding, executing and satisfying Independent Audit of AI Systems compliance requirements.

FIAAIS

Foundations of IAAIS is a required course for all ForHumanity Certified Auditors and certification programs (FHCAs). This course will guide the learner through foundational readings such as Taxonomy, Roles and Responsibilities in an Infrastructure of Trust, #infrastructureoftrust and Rise of the Ethics Committee. Additionally, all non-normative criteria elements of ForHumanity’s Certification Scheme and Audit Manuals will be taught. When completed, the learner will be steeped in the foundational knowledge of ForHumanity, its mission, Independent Audit of AI Systems and the ecosystem that exists to support Audit, Pre-Audit and Auditee compliance with ForHumanity Certification Schemes.

UK CHILDREN'S CODE

Children's Code Supplemental will prepare the student (when combined with the original ForHumanity Children’s Code teachings) to sit for the ForHumanity Children's Code Certification Scheme exam. It will cover every single normative criteria and associated learning objectives. The learner will understand how compliance is achieved. What constitutes sufficient and mature compliance. Having taken this course work and the previously released Children’s course work, the learner will be sufficiently trained to become a ForHumanity Certified Auditor - Children’s Code

UKGDPR

GDPR will prepare the student to sit for the ForHumanity GDPR Certification Exam. It will cover every single normative criteria and associated learning objectives. The learner will understand how compliance is achieved and what constitutes compliance. Having taken this course work, the learner will be sufficiently trained to become a ForHumanity Certified Auditor - GDPR

NYC AEDT

An FHCA earns this designation through study and examination by demonstrating knowledge and expertise on ForHumanity’s NYC AEDT. The ForHumanity Certified Auditor (FHCA) designation is the highest demonstration of knowledge regarding audit and pre-audit compliance – accompanied by an individual’s commitment to continuing education and upholding the FHCA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. FHCAs can be relied upon to enable detailed, actionable and documentable guidance, strategy and compliance with ForHumanity’s Certification scheme on the NYC AEDT.

RMF

ForHumanity’s Risk Management Framework for AAA Systems is a comprehensive implementable approach to examining risk associated with all aspects of AI, Algorithmic and Autonomous Systems. It will include teachings on Risk Foundations, Risk Scope, Risk Taxonomy, Risk Inputs/Indicators, Risk Evaluation, Risk Assessment and Risk Treatment. It will examine the documentation of Residual Risk and associated disclosures. We will operationalize all aspects of the RMF including templates for Algorithmic Risk Assessments and the inclusion of Diverse Inputs & Multi stakeholder Feedback. The class will examine the role of committees, governance structures and the manner in which the RMF plugs into ISO 31000 and traditional ERMs and ORMs. We will examine four lines of defense including integration with Independent Audit of AI Systems.

All courses are offered synchronously and asynchronously – registration gets you into the classes and will get them into your calendar.
Courses must be registered for and are offered sequentially. Foundations of Independent Audit of AI Systems will be first and immediately upon its conclusion (roughly Jan 31) UK GDPR will start. This start date will be announced in advance. Same with Children’s Code upon completion of UK GDPR.
All three courses will be offered for free, but certification exams will be fee-based.
Foundations of Independent Audit of AI Systems will always be a free course as it is a critical proof of onboarding and understanding of the basic work of ForHumanity
UK GDPR and Children’s Code supplements will be free, but once all of this course work is taught in this round, then the combined curriculum will become a fee-based class and certification exam. Discounts will be available for students and for students from less-developed countries.
Certificates will include digital badges and confirmation letters for your records. Individuals who attain these certificates will be noted on the ForHumanity website and will be encouraged to note their achievements publicly under usage guidelines.

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