The Luxembourg government is making progress on its project to issue state-verifiable digital certificates after selecting a prototype solution.
The project of Sicpa Spain and INCERT GIE was chosen during a Demo Day for the Trust My Data call on 15 December 2021.
The call, which was launched on the public procurement portal from 21 July to 13 September, 2021, required a functional prototype for the issuance of digital certificates that can be verified by the State, based on the concrete case of the residence certificate.
The Luxembourg-Spanish collaboration draws on Sicpa’s digital seal technology, Certus, enabling official bodies to issue tamper-proof certificates and documents. Luxembourg-based InCert, meanwhile, was founded in 2021 as a public agency providing IT infrastructure. It currently manages Luxembourgish e-travel documents and national public key infrastructure.
“[…] to anticipate the future uses of digital identity by citizens and to explore the associated practical cases allowing a trustworthy deployment by public and private actors.”
François Karman
“Since its creation, GIE INCERT’s mission has been to secure and provide technical and application solutions around physical identity,” said INCERT pilot project lead François Karman, adding: “With the technological evolution and the generalisation of digital tools allowing to prove one’s identity online, and above all to protect it, the Trust My Data project is totally in line with INCERT’s 2021-2024 strategic plan, which is to anticipate the future uses of digital identity by citizens and to explore the associated practical cases allowing a trustworthy deployment by public and private actors.”
For Luxembourg citizens, the project is a continuation of national public digital initiatives, which are interoperable between European bloc countries.
The collaboration’s proof of concept was selected out of five finalists by members of the digitalisation ministry, the CTIE, the Luxembourg Blockchain Lab, the SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust of the University of Luxembourg and the Association des Banques et Banquiers, Luxembourg (ABBL). According to a government press release, the collaboration received the highest scores based on quality, feasibility, functionality and team skills and quality of methodology
