  In the development of governmental policy for artificial intelligence (AI)
that is informed by ethics, one avenue currently pursued is that of drawing on
AI Ethics Principles. However, these AI Ethics Principles often fail to be
actioned in governmental policy. This paper proposes a novel framework for the
development of Actionable Principles for AI. The approach acknowledges the
relevance of AI Ethics Principles and homes in on methodological elements to
increase their practical implementability in policy processes. As a case study,
elements are extracted from the development process of the Ethics Guidelines
for Trustworthy AI of the European Commissions High Level Expert Group on AI.
Subsequently, these elements are expanded on and evaluated in light of their
ability to contribute to a prototype framework for the development of
Actionable Principles for AI. The paper proposes the following three
propositions for the formation of such a prototype framework: (1) preliminary
landscape assessments; (2) multi-stakeholder participation and cross-sectoral
feedback; and, (3) mechanisms to support implementation and
operationalizability.
