Instructor-led · Advanced
Platform Administration and Governance
Administer and govern VDF AI across teams.
Free learning path 6
AI Governance and EU AI Act Compliance
This free course teaches AI governance for the EU AI Act in practice. You build a register of every AI system, classify each one, track findings to closure, and draft technical documentation and a governance framework, then review every draft before approval. Every lesson is carried out in VDF AI Compliance with a synthetic company.
- 4 lessons
- 1 h 40 min
- Beginner
- Free, self-paced
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Build an AI system register that includes vendor and shadow AI, each with an accountable owner
- Classify systems by EU AI Act risk tier and review the reasoning behind each tier
- Turn findings into owned, dated actions and close gaps only on evidence
- Draft technical documentation and find what a reviewer must complete or correct
- Draft a governance charter and RACI with one accountable owner per activity
Before you start
Who it is for and what you need
Compliance, risk and legal teams, data protection officers and the owners of AI systems.
- Access to VDF AI Compliance in your deployment
- A list of the AI tools your organisation uses, however rough
The lessons
4 lessons, in order
Each lesson is a hands-on build in your own workspace. For every field and option, see the governance and admin docs.
- 1 How to Build an AI System Register for the EU AI Act Build an AI system register in VDF AI Compliance. Record internal, vendor and shadow AI, classify each system by risk tier and review every rationale.
- 2 How to Track EU AI Act Findings to Closure Turn EU AI Act findings into owned, dated actions in VDF AI Compliance. Set a status, add actions, tie each one to evidence and close gaps only when it exists.
- 3 How to Draft EU AI Act Technical Documentation with AI Draft Annex IV technical documentation, an applicant notice and a record-keeping specification in VDF AI Compliance, then find what a reviewer must fix.
- 4 How to Build an AI Governance Framework and RACI Draft an AI governance charter, RACI, risk appetite statement and approval lifecycle in VDF AI Compliance, then review who is accountable and every citation.
Take it to production
Governing a handful of systems works in a register. Governing hundreds needs classification, documentation and approvals wired into how AI is built and released, with the evidence kept.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does this course make my organisation compliant with the EU AI Act?
No course can. It teaches the working method: register, classify, track, document and govern, with a person reviewing every draft. Legal interpretation stays with your legal and compliance advisers.
Why do the lessons show drafts with mistakes?
Because reviewing drafts is the job. Our generated documents contained placeholders, a promise nobody had made and wrong article numbers, and each lesson shows how we found them, so you know what to look for.
Is the company in the lessons real?
No. Example Ltd is synthetic, and so are its four AI systems and every value we typed. Use your own systems and facts when you follow along.
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