AI literacy training for EU AI Act Article 4
EU lawmakers set 2 February 2025 as the first hard deadline in the EU AI Act. From that date every provider and deployer must prove their people have “a sufficient level of AI literacy” before they build, run, or even buy an AI system.
The Commission’s fresh Q&A reminds us the rule is outcome-based. There is no approved textbook, only an expectation that firms can show a plan, records, and evidence of learning.
Below is a plug-and-play program you can drop into your LMS or run live. Pick the whole thing or mix and match to fit your risk profile.
| Module | Duration | Audience | Concrete takeaway |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI foundations and EU AI Act basics | 2 h live-virtual or self-paced | Everyone | People define AI, list prohibited practices, and flag high-risk uses |
| Governance and compliance primer | 3 h workshop | Legal, compliance, product | Inventory that links each internal system to its risk tier |
| Human oversight and transparency | 90 min webinar | Managers, ops, support | A user disclosure plus one human-in-the-loop checkpoint |
| Data, bias, and fairness lab | 3 h hands-on | Data scientists, ML engineers | A bias scan on a demo set and a mitigation plan tied to Articles 10, 13, 14 |
| Secure and resilient AI development | 1-day boot camp | Developers, DevOps | Logging, versioning, and live monitoring wired into a sample pipeline |
| Executive and board briefing | 60 min | C-suite, board | Clear timelines, budget needs, and liability exposures |
| Incident response and continuous monitoring | 2 h tabletop exercise | Risk, security, SRE | An AI-specific incident playbook and a recurring audit schedule |
| Certification assessment | 45 min test plus mini-project | Anyone who finishes six modules | Digital badge recognised by most governance platforms |
Why it matters
Skipping literacy is the easiest way to collect audit findings, stall product launches, and invite costly remediation. A short role-based program costs less than one failed deployment or a corrective action from regulators. Your engineers stay building, your leaders stay informed, and every record sits where an auditor can see it.
Roll-out tips that save time
Map each job family to the modules they actually need, then grant automatic enrolment.
Push completion data to your LMS or directly into VerifyWise through the API, so you never chase spreadsheets.
Use self-paced SCORM for the basics, then add live workshops for hands-on labs that benefit from discussion.
Keep screen time short. No session should run longer than three hours without a break.
Schedule quarterly micro-update videos. Delegated acts evolve fast, and your slides should keep up.
Offer office-hours for tricky topics like bias mitigation or incident response.
Celebrate completions on your internal social channels to build momentum .
Review uptake metrics every month and nudge anyone who falls behind.
Ready to launch? Clone the track, set the calendar invites, and let your team level up before the clock hits 2025
