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DC4EU Kickoff ceremony successfully completed in Madrid with more than 100 participants

26 May 2023/in News/by Klaudia Farkas

More than 100 DC4EU partners gathered in person for the project’s kickoff ceremony at the Royal Mint of Spain in Madrid on the 26th of May. The event started with the opening speech by the project coordinator, SGAD, the General Secretary for Digital Administration’s of the Ministry of Spain, and continued with the welcome notes by DG Connect from the European Commission and was followed by a panel discussion organised with the members of the project’s Strategic Committee. The discussions focused on how the project will maximise opportunities to leverage, test and scale up pre-existing technologies and protocols in the education and social security domains from relevant flagship EU projects.

Topics covered how DC4EU doesn’t focus on higher education certificates only but on lifelong learning and micro-credentials on knowledge or competencies. DC4EU aims to make everyday life on campus while ensuring trust.

What happens when sharing information with private stakeholders? What are the concerns around the usage and disclosure of personal data? As DC4EU is GDPR compliant, end-users will have control of the attributes shared.

Members of the DC4EU Strategic Committee suggest not trying to reinvent the wheel. Reuse, learn from the past, evolve and work for a better future for cross-domain trust and not leave anyone behind. That’s what standards, open source, and open communities are for, and DC4EU is identifying new opportunities.

There is more to come on social security. Our daily life is not just about learning. It is also about workers and their life until retirement, when they will enjoy the beauty of life, including healthcare, pension, payslips, etc. DC4EU aims to address all of this in their large-scale pilots.

The project is not just about technology. It is about business and users and what benefits the community. DC4EU will position itself as a decision-maker in this ecosystem.

The kickoff ceremony closed with the closing speech by the project coordinator. The hybrid event was streamed by around 100 project partners online supporting the objectives and large-scale pilots of DC4EU.

DC4EU was presented at the Open Wallet foundation deep dive panel session at EIC2023 in Berlin

17 May 2023/in News/by Klaudia Farkas

DC4EU project partner Klaas Wierenga, the Chief Information & Technology Officer from GEANT represented the DC4EU education use cases in a half-day OpenWallet foundation deep dive panel session at the European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC2023) in Berlin on May 09 – 12, 2023.

The European Identity and Cloud Conference is where the digital identity and cyber community come together to set the course for the future of digitization. Organized by KuppingerCole, the European Identity & Cloud Conference offers a mix of best practice discussions, visionary presentations and networking opportunities with a forward-thinking community. More than 2,000 international experts, leading suppliers, analysts, decision-makers and end users came together at this year’s hybrid conference to get inspired by presentations from international experts.

https://www.kuppingercole.com/sessions/5379/1

https://www.kuppingercole.com/events/eic2023

DC4EU collects valuable feedback on the project’s potential and large-scale pilots in Warsaw

17 May 2023/in News/by Klaudia Farkas

DC4EU partner Lluís Alfons Ariño Martín, the Coordinator of the internationalization area of Crue Spanish Universities, recently presented on the DC4EU project at the ECCA annual conference in Warsaw. Lluis said it was an excellent opportunity to not only present but also to engage with the attendees. They provided valuable feedback on the project’s potential and large-scale pilots.

The European Campus Card Association annual conference took place at the University of Warsaw on the 10th & 11th of May 2023.

The conference provided a range of presentations and workshops that discusses and evaluates the latest in campus ID technologies, trends and solutions.

https://conference.ecca.eu/

DC4EU project presentation at the ECCA conference on the 10 of May at the University of Warsaw

8 May 2023/in News/by DC4EU

The DC4EU Project will be presented at the European Campus Card Association annual conference, taking place at the University of Warsaw on Wednesday, May 10th & 11th. https://conference.ecca.eu/

The conference is designed to provide attendees with a range of presentations and workshops that discusses and evaluates the latest in campus ID technologies, trends and solutions.

DC4EU partner Lluís Alfons Ariño Martín, the Coordinator of the internationalization area of Crue Spanish Universities, will present on May 10th, on behalf of the DC4EU project consortium. His presentation will give an overview of the project objectives, including the deployment and development of use cases, with a particular focus on the education sector.

Digital Credentials for Europe (DC4EU) Project receives approval from European Commission

1 April 2023/in News/by DC4EU

The Digital Credentials For Europe (DC4EU) Project was approved for funding by the European Commission (EC), under the Call Digital-2022-Deploy-02. The estimated project cost is €19.2 million. The project will commence on April 1^st 2023 for a period of 24 months and will be directed by iterative releases of the digital reference portfolio in large-scale piloting. The DC4EU consortium conformed by 80 organizations, from 22 countries (20 member states, plus Norway and Ukraine). The project consortium will be led by the Government of Spain, through the General Secretariat for Digital Administration (SGAD) of its Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation.

The EC launched the Digital Europe Program (DEP) in order to develop the digital capabilities of the EU public and private sector during the period 2021 – 2027. With the aim of deployment, the necessary technological infrastructure for the implementation of the DEP public policies in line with the current and developing legislative framework, the EC carries out sectorial calls to finance different activities that will help the Member States to achieve the objectives in terms of digitization.

The DC4EU project aims to promote the deployment and development of use cases of the new version of the digital identity framework, testing its interoperability in pre-production systems with a cross-border perspective. The piloting of the portfolio is particularly relevant in view of the future reform of the eIDAS Regulation.

With the proposed solution, citizens will have control of their personal data, with a high level of trust and cross-border recognition. The two use cases to be addressed in this project are in education and social security. Both use cases are of significant relevance as they will allow testing in a real environment, involving the issuance and validation of educational, labour and health credentials in a decentralized manner in a cross-border context. This will empower citizens by putting their data under their own control, increasing levels of trust and creating a self-determined identity solution with cross-border recognition.