EWC has been selected by the European Commission to participate in EU Digital Identity Wallet Large-Scale Pilots

EWC Country Coverage

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Dortmund, December 2022.

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Spherity — part of the EUDI Wallet Consortium (EWC) — is proud to announce that we have been selected by the European Commission to participate in the large-scale pilots to ensure interoperability and adoption of the European Digital Identity Wallet. We will participate in the EUDI Wallet Consortium (EWC) running one of the Large Scale Pilots (LSPs) for the Wallet ecosystem.

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Our pilot is focused on the use of the EU Digital Identity Wallet in the context of travel — such as providing passenger information, buying goods and services, and trusted business-to-business interactions. The pilot will focus on situations that are central to people’s online lives and identify barriers and enablers to the adoption and scaling of the EUDI wallet. Furthermore, by including payments and organizational digital identity (“ODI”), the EWC ensures that the pilot evaluates scenarios that are relevant to citizens, businesses, and governments such as secure e-commerce and business-to-business transactions.

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With over 60 participants, from both the private and public sectors, EWC represents almost every country in the EU and EFTA plus Ukraine and is able to provide pan-European services and further the digital inner single market and beyond. EWC is led by Swedish and Finnish government authorities and supported by relevant industry experts from the travel and payment industry as well as a large number of technology partners with experience in digital identity, trust services, wallet applications, and integration of these technologies into online services.

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EWC will be piloting usage scenarios alongside complete travel journeys from booking flights, hotels, etc. to CheckIns, shopping, and payment all across Europe. The pilot scenarios require the collaboration of a multitude of European partners such as Wallet Providers, Qualified Attestation and other trust services, Personal Identification Data (PID)-/ Organisational Digital Identity (ODI)-Providers, relying on parties such as travel agencies, airlines, ferry operators, as well as international payment providers. The pilot scenarios will be evaluated and tested by a large number of end-users across Europe to optimize the user experience and identify barriers and enablers to the adoption and scaling of the EU Digital Identity Wallet.

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The EUDI Wallet is part of the proposed eIDAS2 regulation [1], which will provide all European citizens access to a trusted digital identity provided by their government and accepted in all EU Member States and EFTA. The EUDI Wallet will be able to contain additional information, such as a mobile driving license, educational certificates, and more, which can be shared with full control of the user. The EUDI Wallet will be used for both government services and private sector, payments as well as other trust services like electronic signing. This means that for a wallet to function, it will need to operate within an eco-system of supporting organizations, issuing attributes, and facilitating sharing of credentials. In the end, the EUDI Wallet will ensure trustworthy digital transactions such as identification, sharing attributes, authentication, as well as signing, preservation, and archiving.

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The European Commission set up a program to develop the EUDI Wallet ecosystem through Large Scale Projects Pilots (LSPs). These LSPs will be run by international consortia representing a broad variety of organizations that will set up services in various roles, such as wallet issuers, attribute issuers, trust services, and service providers from many different European Member States. The experiences gained through the LSPs will be shared with the EU member states and the European Commission implementation to create a sustainable ecosystem meeting the needs of European citizens.

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EWC will start running its pilot early next year. Please keep an eye on our website for updates and a complete list of all participants in the EWC: https://eudiwalletconsortium.org/

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About Spherity

Spherity is a German decentralized digital identity software provider, that brings secure identities to enterprises, machines, products, data, and even algorithms. We provide the enabling technology to digitize and automate compliance processes in highly-regulated technical sectors. Our offered products empower cyber security, efficiency, and data interoperability among digital value chains. Spherity is certified according to the information security standard ISO 27001.

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Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity COM/2021/281 final

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