Free sector track · Art. 4 AI literacy
EU AI Act for the Public Sector
Government is where the EU AI Act concentrates its highest stakes — benefits, policing, migration, courts and public hiring all sit in Annex III — and this track gives public bodies and public-service providers the Article 4 literacy to deploy AI lawfully: spotting prohibited practices, running the mandatory FRIA, registering use, and buying compliant systems in the first place.
Public bodies, agencies & public-service providers deploying AI3h · self-paced5 modulesPass mark 80%Free · certificate of completion
Syllabus · 5 modules
20 lessons · each module ends with a short check1Why the Act lands hardest on public bodies4 lessons · 30 min
- Annex III is a map of public administration7 min
- Deployer, provider — or both?6 min
- The Article 4 literacy duty5 min
- The timeline — and the 2030 long stop7 min
- Module check · 5 questions5 min
2The prohibited practices that touch government (Art. 5)4 lessons · 30 min
- Social scoring — Art. 5(1)(c)7 min
- Predicting offending from profiles alone — Art. 5(1)(d)6 min
- Real-time biometric identification in public — Art. 5(1)(h)6 min
- Face scraping and emotion recognition — Art. 5(1)(e) and (f)6 min
- Module check · 5 questions5 min
3The FRIA and public-deployer registration4 lessons · 35 min
- Who must do a FRIA — and when (Art. 27)8 min
- What the FRIA covers8 min
- Registering your use — Art. 49(3)8 min
- How the FRIA relates to the GDPR DPIA6 min
- Module check · 5 questions5 min
4Running high-risk AI in a public service (Art. 26 + citizen rights)4 lessons · 35 min
- The Article 26 deployer checklist9 min
- The citizen's right to an explanation — Art. 868 min
- When something goes wrong — incidents6 min
- Human oversight that actually works6 min
- Module check · 5 questions5 min
5Procurement & AI governance in a public body4 lessons · 30 min
- Compliance is won at procurement7 min
- The EU model contractual clauses (MCC-AI)4 min
- Registers, inventories and literacy cadence8 min
- Penalties — and the trust dividend6 min
- Module check · 5 questions5 min
Final assessment
8 questions drawn from a bank of 24
Answers are checked on our server when you submit, so the certificate means the same thing for everyone. You need 7 of 8 (80%) to pass. If you don’t pass, you can try again straight away with a new set of questions.
Topics
Annex III public functions & rolesProhibited practices in government (Art. 5)The FRIA & EU-database registration (Art. 27, Art. 49)Deployer duties & citizen rights (Art. 26, Art. 86)Procurement, governance & penalties
What you get
- A hash-sealed certificate of completion — “EU AI Act Public Sector — Certificate of Completion” — with a public verify URL.
- A training record your employer can count towards its Art. 4 AI-literacy duty; if your employer has a Veritome workspace, you can choose to share it to their AI literacy register.
- Your progress saved as you go, on any device, with a one-time email sign-in link and no password.
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3h · 5 modules · self-paced
- Certificate
- Of completion, checkable online
- Language
- English