Project Coordinator: Dr. Carmen Elena CÎRNU – Scientific Researcher II

Main objectives:

• Interoperability and scalability will be tested in the national domain and in multiple cross-border contexts, with the purpose of providing feedback to the EC and MS for iterative updates through specific coordination work packages, project management processes and tasks.​
• Show a decentralized approach, supported by the Verifiable Credentials model and the power of electronic ledgers (EBSI), is an actionable solution that fits the EIDAS2 requirements. ​
• Enhance the privacy of citizens and interoperability of data in the exchange of personal information in the fields of education and social security in a cross-border context.​

Project description

Europe is facing unprecedented changes, in which digital transformation and the green transition are two key backbones of Europe's future. The eIDAS trust framework is undoubtedly one of the pillars of the European Union, which has laid the foundations of identity and trust in the digital world. The revision of this framework extends its scope of competence beyond identity, encompassing the electronic attestation of attributes (EAA). Establishing the technical measures, the processes and procedures for establishing trust frameworks in sectoral areas will be key to the construction of Europe. In this sense, DC4EU will focus on identifying and applying all these aspects in the fields of Education (Ed) and Social Security (SS). Specifically, the issuance of educational credentials and professional qualifications in the Education sector, and the issuance of the portable document A1 (PDA1) and the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) in the Social Security sector. The European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) will be a key element of hybridization for cross-sectoral and cross-border use cases (Identity, Signature, educational credentials and Social Security). Beyond the development of crossborder Large-Scale Pilots (LSPs) and recommendations for issuing institutions, relying parties, Member States (MS) and citizens, DC4EU will contribute to new paradigm to citizens in the field of education and social security. DC4EU is formed by 80 organizations from 23 States (21 EU MS + Norway and Ukraine). For this purpose, it will develop 4 use cases (UCs) with work planned for 24 months and divided in 9 work packages. The project counts with the backing 43 public organizations and 49 private entities, including relevant sectoral institutions, ministries, and digitalization agencies of various Member States governments, developing a comprehensive governance model and an ambitious dissemination plan, guaranteeing the relevance and impact expected.

Main results

• Project Management Handbook
• Quality assurance and risk management plan
• Roadmap for the implementation of the eco-system
• Sustainability business strategy
• SoTA Analysis
• Logical and Architectural Design of the ecosystem
• DC4EU Collaboration & Cooperation Strategy and Activities Report
• Coordination report with eIDAS Expert Group
• Issuance and verification legal analysis
• Onboarding process analysis
• Business Blueprint WP5 (BBP)
• Deployment and Testing Scenarios Results Library (DTSRL)
• Initiatives mapping, documentation, and final report on LSP
• Business Blueprint WP6 (BBP)
• Deployment, Testing and Piloting Scenarios Results Library (DTSRL)
• The Initiatives mapping and alignment checklist
• Open Source Architecture
• IPR Policy
• Interop Lab guide
• Registers of governing authorities, verifiable data registries, trust registries, attribute / schema registries, ecosystem members, and guidelines for ecosystem member enrolment
• Ecosystem auditing, certification, and sustainability guidelines
• Dissemination, communication and visibility plan