Council of Europe — AI Gap Index

18%

5/28

AI Gap Index

2/10

Schools

2/8

Workforce

1/6

Governance

0/4

Access

Schools 2/10

D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 Council of Europe launched the Compass for AI and Education (March 2026) covering Literacy, Practice, Evaluation, and Regulation/Governance; non-binding guidance to member states, with a Draft Recommendation on AI Literacy in development.

D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0

D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 1 CDEDU Draft Recommendation on AI Literacy (approved March 2026, to be submitted to Committee of Ministers June 2026) explicitly places the human dimension — ethics, fundamental rights, socio-political implications — as the primary dimension of AI literacy; non-binding but authoritative standard.

D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0

D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0

Workforce 2/8

D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0

D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0

D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0

D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 2 Framework Convention on AI and Human Rights establishes binding rights obligations for signatory states; EU formally ratified on 15 May 2026 at 135th Committee of Ministers session in Chisinau, advancing treaty toward entry-into-force threshold. ^[1]

Civil Service & Governance 1/6

D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 Council of Europe Secretariat monitors implementation of the AI Framework Convention; not a regulator but an international oversight mechanism ^{[1], [2]}

D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0

D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0

Public Access 0/4

D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 0

D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0

Sources

Index history

May 24, 2026 /28 dim3=1: CDEDU Draft Recommendation on AI Literacy includes ethics/human dimension as primary pillar (March 2026); EU formal ratification of AI Framework Convention on 15 May 2026 noted — no score change on dim9/10.

April 14, 2026 4/28 Refresh: dim1=1 for Compass for AI and Education (March 2026) and Draft AI Literacy Recommendation in development.

March 18, 2026 3/28 Refresh: EU Parliament approved EU conclusion of CoE AI Framework Convention on March 11, 2026; no score change — convention not yet in force, pending five ratifications

March 17, 2026 3/28 Governance rescore: dim10=1 (Secretariat monitoring role), dim12=0 (convention compliance mechanism is not training enforcement)

March 17, 2026 3/28 Initial scoring from research archive