The need for sectoral ownership to steer developments of the European Digital Identity Wallet for the benefit of education

10 pages•Published: August 9, 2023

Abstract

The European Commission and the educational sector are simultaneously working on innovative concepts that involve credentials and wallets. The EU has high ambitions to create a digital identity ecosystem, while educational institutions are exploring ways to use credentials to support flexible and life-long learning. Both initiatives share similar terminology, technology and standards. Also, common use cases can be defined, but that does not make the initiatives identical from a business and governance perspective. When comparing the use cases and roles the educational sector has with the proposed EU digital identity framework (EUDI), this becomes clear. Diplomas are not issued by an identity framework. The educational sector should take ownership of credentials that are part of its core process. At the same time, interoperability with the EUDI ecosystem must be kept. The sector should explore additional ways to influence the EUDI development in architecture, standards and governance.

Keyphrases: digital credentials, digital wallets, european identity framework, flexible learning, governance, interoperability, life long learning, standards

In: Jean-François Desnos and Martín López Nores (editors). Proceedings of European University Information Systems Congress 2023, vol 95, pages 119-128.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/CMk3
	https://doi.org/10.29007/w9rq

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{EUNIS2023:need_sectoral_ownership_steer,
  author    = {Peter Leijnse and Menno Scheers},
  title     = {The need for sectoral ownership to steer developments of the European Digital Identity Wallet for the benefit of education},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of European University Information Systems Congress 2023},
  editor    = {Jean-François Desnos and Martín López Nores},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {95},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {/publications/paper/CMk3},
  doi       = {10.29007/w9rq},
  pages     = {119-128},
  year      = {2023}}

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