නායකත්ව මණ්ඩලය
Leading the Future of Culture, Trade, and AI — With Integrity and Purpose
A Global Coalition for Cultural and Economic Stewardship
එම Artisanal Collective Leadership Council convenes a dynamic alliance of public, private, philanthropic, civic, and governmental leaders—alongside cultural advocates—to foster holistic collaboration, co-investment, and the strategic leveraging of resources. Together, Council members advance the sustainable and regenerative development of artisanal communities while also furthering their own institutional mandates.
Council members shape rollout, feedback, and system evolution strategies by co-leading AI-managed thematic workgroups and participating in regional and global collaboration summits. These efforts are supported by the Leadership Council Fellows.
Artisanal communities represented include the interelated artisanal handcraft makers, farmers, healthcare providers, climate innovators, educators, energy stewards, etc.
Council Membership Tiers
• Lead 2 Thematic Workgroups (5 years)
• Annual & Regional Summit Leader Role
• Strategic Visibility & Media Partnership
• Lead 1 Global & Regional Workgroup (3 years)
• Global & Regional Summit Speaker Seat
• Global Thought-Leadership Visibility
• Lead 2 Regional Workgroup (3 years)
• Regional Summit Leader Role
• Leadership Recognition & Media Engagement
• Lead 1 Regional Workgroup (3 years)
• Regional Summit Speaker Seats
• Featured Regional Leadership & Media Access
• Lead 2 Regional Workgroup (1 year)
• Regional Summit Speaker Seat
• Regional Leadership & Media Access
• Workgroup Taskforce Leadership
• Summit Speaker
• Recognition & Media Engagement
Cultural Infrastructure & Global Activation
🌍 Country Activation & Partnerships
- Sri Lanka – Export Development Board and National Council of Exporters collaboration, donor conference planned
- Nepal – Pilot coordination with Ministries of Finance; Ministry of Industry, Commerce; and, Culture, Tourism pilot
- Commonwealth Countries – Strategic partnership to Empower Commonwealth Women & Youth Artisans to Protect Culture and Build Dignity with the Commonwealth Nations and Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network (CBWN)
- West Bengal – MOU with Art of Life Foundation
- UNESCO Collaborations – Across multiple divisions:
- Ecological & Earth Sciences Division (Paris HQ)
- Secretariat of the 2003 ICH Convention
- UNEVOC / TVET (Sri Lanka & Central Asia)
- Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions
- Caribbean Cluster Office and Jamaica
- Central Asia Cultural Section
📦 Artisanal Empowerment Storytelling & Market Access System
This patent-pending digital infrastructure integrates artisan registration, product verification, AI-led storytelling, and multi-channel market onboarding. System development began in October 2025 and Beta launches publicly in February 2026.
Expected Outcomes (Year 1):
- 100,000 artisans registered
- 20,000 trading online
- 20,000+ artisan video interviews
- ESG and EU Digital Product Passport-compliant
Expected Outcomes (Year 3):
- 360,000 artisans registered
- 75,000 artisans trading online
- 90,000+ artisan video interviews
- 60,000+ poorest artisans see income triple at minimum
🎙️ Global Cultural Narrative: Madame Planet & The Professor
Co-produced with Barbara Pyle (creator of Captain Planet and the Planeteers), this AI storytelling vehicle will:
- Deliver dignified serialized cultural narratives
- Engage national and dispora women and youth globally
- Support storyselling of artisanal crafts
🧠 Cultural GPT / Heritage LLM
We are developing the world’s first Cultural Heritage LLM grounded in interviews with artisans, Indigenous peoples, and diasporas. Development Team lead by the lead data scientist at Citi
- Compliance: UNESCO ICH 2003
- Training Dataset (Year 1):
- 20,000+ in-person interviews
- Semantic cultural metadata via diaspora fieldwork
- Ethical AI & consent protocols
- Long-Term Vision:
- Cultural tools in 150+ languages
- Education & trade literacy for underserved regions
- Global cultural policy, market, and tourism support
Governance, Participation & Strategic Role of Patron–Donors
The Artisanal Collective Leadership Council offers Patron–Donors a direct role in shaping the future of the global artisan economy. More than a recognition tier, this is a structured seat at the table where policy, technology, trade, and cultural dignity intersect.
🔹 Workgroup Governance Framework:
| Role | Scope & Participation |
|---|---|
| Chair | 1 appointed global leader; high-level convening authority |
| Vice Chairs (≤12) | Includes Founding Patrons; thematic or regional leadership |
| Executive Committee (≤30) | Includes Lead Patrons; policy and platform governance |
| Global Members | Includes Charter Patrons; access to workgroups and summits |
| Industry & Destination Partners | Private sector & place-based collaborators |
| Gov’t, UN, NGO, Academic Partners | Invited based on formal MOU or institutional alliance |
| Development & Philanthropy Partners | Includes Benefactors; shape funding frameworks |
| Regional & Honorary Members | Grassroots, legacy, and diaspora actors |
🔹 Workgroups & Task Forces
Council members can nominate themselves or others to participate in strategic workgroups on topics such as:
- Crafts (Capacity building & training of Intangible Cultural Heritage, including design, climate, market access…)
- Storytelling (AI-Powered by artisans and the Madame Planet & the Profession series)
- AI Learning and Mentoring (Regenerative for production & design skills, entrepreneurship, personal empowerment…)
- Community Tourism (training and resource mobilization)
- Youth, Gender, and Climate Resilience (resource and coordination across all other workgroups)
- Public–Private–Philanthropic Partnerships (4P) (including diaspora coop patronship)
- Governance (including AI Ethics & Cultural LLM)
Each workgroup may create regional or national task forces, composed of members and invited experts. Task forces are the “doer” layer: producing white papers, policy frameworks, donor drafts, etc.
Each unit is supported by a dedicated GPT instance (transcript archiving, knowledge summarization, voice-to-text, voice replies, auto-generated reporting).
🔹 Ethical AI Governance & LLM Safeguards
All AI and LLM-related initiatives begin with adoption of frameworks from:
UNESCO’s “Recommendation on the Ethics of AI” (2021)
UNEP AI guidelines
WIPO cultural IP policy
OECD AI Principles
Workgroups modify these to ensure protections for:
Artisan dignity & consent
Cultural IP ownership (local/community)
Ethical training dataset use
Cross-cultural knowledge systems
🔹 Leadership Council Fellows
Fellows are early-career professionals from UN agencies, development banks, or diaspora networks. They act as:
Translators between public and private logics
Facilitators for working groups and donor dialogue
Coordinators of task forces and AI documentation
They are embedded within key groups (e.g., Public–Private–Philanthropic Workgroup) and help operationalize collaboration frameworks.
