India-France Innovation Roadmap 2030
India and France launched the India-France Innovation Roadmap 2030 on 17 February 2026, framing 'trusted AI' as a core pillar of their partnership to develop safe, secure, and human-rights-aligned AI systems while addressing risks like misinformation and child safety online. The roadmap also emphasizes privacy-preserving data frameworks, cross-border academic mobility, and alignment with India’s Viksit Bharat 2047 and France’s France 2030 visions to drive collaborative innovation.
On 17 February 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel Macron officially launched the India-France Innovation Roadmap 2030, marking a ‘Special Global Strategic Partnership’ and inaugurating the India-France Year of Innovation. The roadmap positions ‘trusted AI’ as a central focus, building on the 2025 India-France Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and the AI Action and Impact Summits held in 2025 and 2026. Both countries committed to developing AI systems that prioritize safety, security, and democratic values while preventing discrimination and misinformation, aligning with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A key priority is child safety online, with India and France agreeing to collaborate on privacy-preserving age assurance, safety-by-design architectures, and outcome-based safety standards for AI systems interacting with children. Their efforts will build on India’s emerging techno-legal framework and the Expert Engagement Group on AI and Child Safety convened during the AI Impact Summit 2026. The roadmap also highlights privacy-preserving data-sharing frameworks, leveraging India’s Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) and France’s trusted data spaces to enable secure, consent-based data flows for research, healthcare, and public services. These frameworks aim to unlock AI and data-driven innovation while safeguarding fundamental rights. Beyond AI, the partnership emphasizes enhanced people-to-people cooperation, including academic mobility under the Horizon 2047 framework. The roadmap aligns with India’s Viksit Bharat 2047 vision and France’s France 2030 ambitions, aiming to foster co-development in critical technologies, strengthen trusted ecosystems, and deliver tangible outcomes for societal and economic prosperity. The initiative reflects a shared commitment to technological sovereignty, sustainable development, and addressing global challenges through collaborative innovation. Concrete outcomes will focus on regulatory alignment, risk-based AI governance, and cross-border research initiatives.
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