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Sustainable & Interoperable Digital Identity HUB

March 7, 2024

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HUB

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Sustainable & Interoperable Digital Identity Hub

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  • What is the Challenge?
  • SIDI Hub Objective
  • Why the SIDI Hub approach?
  • Who is SIDI Hub?
  • Paris Summit Findings
  • 2024 Workstreams
  • Draft Workstream Approaches
  • 2024 Roadmap
  • 2024 Events
  • 2024 Initial Funding & Budget Plan
  • Communication strategy
  • Confidentiality

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What is the Challenge?

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Country A

Country B

Country D

Country C

Country E

People and businesses cross borders. In future, people will want to use their digital identity in their daily lives across borders, just as people expect to exchange currencies. Unfortunately, many issues pose barriers to cross-border interoperability:

    • Tens of digital identity ecosystems are siloed within their jurisdictions; tech stacks and policies are not interoperable by default

    • OECD digital identity recommendations include enabling cross-border use but there is no technical or policy roadmap on how the 38 country adherents can deliver

    • No country, region, standards body, non-profit, private entity, or multilateral is empowered to deliver cross-border interoperability; there is fear of one (or a few) entities having disproportionate governance.

    • Given a single standard is unlikely to “rule them all,” digital identity interoperability across tech stacks is technically possible but very hard to achieve and maintain

    • There are opportunity costs of inaction, as bad actors capitalize on weak infrastructure (AI deep fakes, cybercrime, COVID-19), people and business face high levels of friction

    • Business compliance costs continue to grow without mechanisms to interpret those policies and easily enforce them in products and implementations

    • Few people outside the identity community appreciate the profound role digital identity is likely to play, so clear & transparent communication is critical (as is averting mis-information).

We do not Interoperate…yet

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To define what we need to achieve cross-border interoperability for digital identity.

SIDI HUB Objective:

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Why the SIDI Hub approach?

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Objective

What we are

  • To define what we need to achieve cross-border interoperability for digital identity

What we are not

  • A community of stakeholders from across the global ecosystem who are (1) responsible for digital identity infrastructure, standards, and policy (2) who see value in SIDI Hub

  • SIDI Hub participants in Workstreams and Workshops will help flesh out “what good looks like” for cross-border interoperability including a shared roadmap, gaps to close, and remediation options

  • We have a shared commitment to the challenge, respect for domestic sovereignty and domestic & international laws, respect for work of participating organizations, and a shared culture (e.g. consensus, inclusive, transparent, healthy-debate)

  • SIDI collaboration can also help organizations articulate their “swim lane” to deliver impact against their mission.
  • A legal entity
  • A governance body
  • A standards body
  • An open source code provider
  • A civil rights group
  • A NGO
  • A multilateral entity
  • A consulting organization
  • A vendor

SIDI Hub cannot tell any government or other ecosystem participant what they must do.

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What might SIDI Hub do…and not do?

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What we will not do

  • Take a decision that is governed by another organization. For example, SIDI cannot tell:
    • A government what law or regulation they have to enact or what feature they must build
    • The Board of a non-profit what decision it must take
    • A standards body how they must improve a specification

  • Allow the agenda of a single entity to dictate SIDI Hub direction, this is critical to maintain trust within SIDI Hub

  • Presume that existing entities are incapable of delivering on function or governance requirements

  • Provide consulting services to individual jurisdiction deployments
    • SIDI Hub does not have the scope or scale to provide detailed guidance to individual jurisdictions; however, we hope SIDI hub work will help inform and future proof domestic roadmaps

  • Shy away from challenges.
    • If functional or governance gaps cannot be closed with broad consensus, SIDI Hub can offer a space to explore requirements and models that might suit
    • If a Cooperative Agreement or MOU is required to secure funds we will pursue it as a community
    • We have no plan to create a SIDI Hub legal entity unless there is an urgent imperative (e.g. to receive funds from X organization) as we want to avert any premature decisions on governance of digital identity
    • If two or more entities are pursuing the same scope of work, explore options to avert the duplication and encourage complementary work

What we could do

  • Gap analysis & mitigation

    • Perform analysis on questions that benefit from wide stakeholder participation outside of existing organizations (e.g. a decision process to identify “champion use cases”)
    • Non-profit or academic briefings that help inform gap analysis & closure
    • Open discussion of the range of options available to community, pros/cons

  • Decisions that advance SIDI Hub (without infringing on remits of others)

    • Use Cases: select “champion use cases”

    • Standards:
      • Highlight gaps in standards for consideration of the relevant standard(s) bodies to remediate as they see fit
      • Encourage convergence to specific profiles

    • Deployments:
      • Encourage interoperability testing in a shared space
      • Highlight any reference code or open source code that meets interoperability criteria

    • Policy:
      • Highlight promising methodologies for trust framework mapping
      • Encourage establishment of interoperable methods for policy communication

    • Operations:
      • Host digital and in person meetings to progress the work
      • Highlight organizations self-defined “swim lanes”
      • Track any decisions taken within SIDI hub and why
      • Track feedback to SIDI Hub participants
      • Align key roadmaps (e.g. OECD, SIDI, standards)

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Who is SIDI Hub?

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Multilaterals

(UN, World Bank)

Governments

(countries, EU, AU)

Non Profits

(non-standards bodies)

Academia

(Universities, research bodies)

Standards Bodies

(ISO, ITU, W3C, etc)

SIDI Hub stakeholders are the organizations already involved in advancing Digital Identity from across the global community. These groups are interconnected, with some stakeholders engaged across verticals.

Private Entities

(standards development, deployment expertise, non-profit membership, policy feedback, research)

Civil Society

(privacy, security, advocacy)

Media

(education, transparency)

Use Case Experts

(As “Champion Use Cases” are identified)

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SIDI Summit Paris Participants (11/28/23)

Sponsors:

Non-Profit Organizers:

Multilaterals, standards, development organizations and academic institutions:

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Government Experts:

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SIDI Paris Participants (11/28/23)

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92% of Paris SIDI Summit attendees wanted to continue the work into 2024.

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SIDI Hub Primary Workstreams

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Minimum Requirements for Digital Identity Interoperability

Metrics of Success

SIDI

Governance

In the first SIDI Hub Summit in Paris on 11/28/23, we asked what we need to enable cross-border digital identity interoperability and five areas resonated as the top five key workstreams.

  • 71%* “Consensus on champion cross-border use cases”
  • 61% mapping of use cases to domestic, regional international policy

* % Participants in Exit poll who voted “yes” this is a high priority tactic to enable digital identity interoperability

  • 77%* “Shared global metrics”
  • 79%* “minimum requirements for digital identity interoperability”
  • 69%* “Mapping of trust frameworks across jurisdictions”
  • 68% more clarity on cross border data governance
  • 77% opportunities for experts from global south to take part

More Technical

Less Technical

Draft objective: Develop a process for selecting and fleshing out 1-3 cross-border use cases

Draft objective: Minimum requirements for digital identity interoperability for “champion” use-cases

Draft objective: Analyze and amplify existing trust mapping efforts, identify gaps, and align on mitigation tactics.

Draft objective: Define what SIDI Hub metrics of success are, and monitor delivery.

Draft objective: SIDI Hub internal processes & grant management, SIDI decision tracking, SIDI partner issue resolution monitoring, SIDI roadmap alignment, global ecosystem governance gap analysis & options to remediate.

Trust Framework Mapping

Champion

Use Cases

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Strategic & Operational Tactics

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Multilaterals

Governments

NGOs/ Standards Bodies

Academia

Private

Entities

SIDI Paris discussions & exit poll highlighted other tactics the community should pursue to deliver results

More Technical

Less Technical

Minimum Requirements for Digital Identity Interoperability

Metrics of Success

SIDI

Governance

Trust Framework Mapping

Champion

Use Cases

SIDI Hub Co-Organizers & Support Staff

Strategy, Outreach & Coms, Events, Financing, Operations

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Confirmed Co-Chair Volunteers to

“Kick-Off” Workstreams

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Each workstream will have ~5 co-chairs, volunteers appointed by the co-organizers with diverse backgrounds.

The intention is to have “elections” later in the year for each workstream to vote in co-chairs

Co-Chairs

  • DIACC (Francois Bedard or Joni Brennan)
  • SIA/ OSIA (Olatunji Durodola)

Co-Chairs

  • OIDF (Mark Haine)
  • GlobalPlatform (JD Aussel)
  • SIA/OSIA (Debora Comparin)
  • OASIS (Alan B.)

Co-Chairs

  • OIX (Nick Mothershaw)
  • ToIP (Daniel Bachenheimer)
  • SIA (Debora Comparin)

Co-Chairs

  • IDSA (Jeff Reich)

Co-Chairs

  • OIDF (Gail Hodges)
  • ADIA (Abbie Barbir)
  • SIA (Stéphanie de Labriolle )
  • GlobalPlatform (JD Aussel)

More Technical

Less Technical

Minimum Requirements for Digital Identity Interoperability

Metrics of Success

SIDI

Governance

Trust Framework Mapping

Champion

Use Cases

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“Champion Use Case” Paris Summit Exit Poll Results

"Easy"

“Hard but Urgent”

  • Qualifications (10)
  • Travel (8)
  • Financial Services (6)
  • Government Services (6)
  • Access to restricted resources online (3)

  • Financial services (11)
  • Qualifications (11)
  • Healthcare Services (7)
  • Government Services (7)
  • Travel (7)
  • Age verification (6) e.g. adult content in Utah, face to face age
  • Supply chain management (4)
  • Human migration (3)

  • Healthcare (2)
  • Supply Chain (2)
  • Address qualified (1)
  • IoT (1)
  • Unregulated cases (1)

  • Social networking (1)
  • Parent/ child/ caregivers (1)
  • AI delegation Securely (1)
  • International Marriage (1)
  • Start a company in another country (1)
  • Foreign worker wants to report abuse(1)

More Votes

Fewer Votes

  • Even amongst experts, there are many use cases not just 1-3 easy choices

  • Range of responses by experience of experts

  • We need a transparent process to select “Champion Use Cases” for cross border interoperability

Conclusions

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Draft Workstream Approach: “Champion

Use Cases”

Gather Use Case Inputs

Define

Prioritization Criteria

Apply

Criteria & Select Use Case

Engage Vertical Experts

Apply Methodology / Confirm Requirements

  • SIDI Brainstorm Results
  • EU Digital Wallet Use Cases
  • US/EU TTC Use Cases
  • Other sources eg. regional workshops
  • Define criteria
  • Feedback from SIDI hub community
  • Apply criteria to use cases
  • Select “Champion” use cases

  • Source experts in vertical(s)

  • Gather & Apply methodology to flesh out use cases
  • Requirements input to digital identity minimum requirements

The Champion Use Case workstream is being formed by the initial volunteer co-chairs; they will kick off the group formation, host open discussions, and facilitate workstream analysis & consensus

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Draft Workstream Approach: “Minimum Requirements” & “Trust Framework Mapping”

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Communications / Feedback / Distribution & Conformance of Comments

Metrics of Success

Role of Open Source Code, Interoperability events, Certification & Conformance

These workstreams are being formed by the initial volunteer co-chairs; they will kick off the working group formation, host open discussions, and facilitate workstream analysis & consensus… in due course co-chairs will be elected by the group

Policy requirements, gap analysis, bilateral/multi-lateral agreement requirements

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2024 Roadmap

    • Progress workstreams, grant management

    • Workshop materials & event planning for Sep/Oct/Nov

    • Input to G20 due process as requested

    • Public briefing

    • 2024 Strategy

    • Confirm 2024 summits

    • EU Funding, Collaboration Agreement

    • Kick-off workstreams

    • Stakeholder roles

    • Summit 11/28

    • Validate the problem

    • Explore minimum requirements

    • Prioritize tactics

    • Confirm interest to continue in 2024

    • Draft 2024 strategy

    • Progress workstreams, grant management

    • Input to G20 due process as requested

    • Draft 2025 Strategy

    • Progress workstreams, grant management

    • Workshop materials & event planning for May/June

    • Update SIDI Roadmap with partner plans (standards, OECD, World Bank, UN, EU)

    • Input to G20 due process as requested

Kick Off

H2 2023

Q1 2024

Q2

Q4

Q3

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2024 Events

Kick Off

H2 2023

Q1 2024

Q2

Q4

Q3

2024 SIDI Summits

1. Africa (~ID4AFrica, Cape Town, 5/21)

2. Europe (~EIC, Berlin, 6/3)

3. North America (Identity Week, D.C, Sep)

4. Asia (TBC: Tokyo or Singapore, Oct)

5. Latin American (~G20 Rio, 11/15 -11/20)

SIDI Brief + Surveys

    • Tokyo 1/19 (OIDF-J)
    • Geneva 2/27 (ITU-T SG17)
    • Las Vegas 3/27 (GlobalPlatform)

  • Las Vegas (Identiverse, May)
  • Baltimore (FedID, June 26/27)
  • Amsterdam (Identity Week, June)

  • U.S. (Authenticate)
  • London (OIX, Sep)
  • U.S. (AAMVA AIC, Atlanta 9/27-30)

  • Singapore (Identity Week, Oct)
  • Paris (TrustTech, Dec 2/3)

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SIDI Sponsorships - Multilaterals & Government Funding or Grants

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Tier

Contribution

Benefits

Status

European Union

NGI Sargasso

$100,000

EU recognition of the program

EU advisory resources

EU participation

Award confirmed

Deliverables and KPIs TBD/ with review every 3-months

Cooperative Agreement underway between non-profits

The first multilateral funding is received. We hope to secure other grants and awards to progress the work and ensure it can be done professionally.

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SIDI Sponsorships - Non Profits

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Tier

Contribution

Availability

Benefits

Total Tickets/ Tier

Commitments

Platinum Tier Full Year

$50,000 + time

4 @tier

3 remaining

6 invitations for all 5 events (+waitlist)

Up to 6/event *4= 24 invites / entity

Up to 30/tier * 5 events = 150 invites per tier

  • OIDF- Verbal ($50)

Gold Tier for the Year

$25,000 + time

2 @tier

1 remaining

3 invitations for all 5 events (+waitlist)

Up to 3/ event = 15 total invite

Up to 6/total tier = 30 total/tier

  • SIA/OSIA - Verbal ($25k)

Platinum Tier for an Event

$10,000+ time

4 @event

3 remaining Asia, Latam

4 remain C.T., Berlin,D.C.

4 invitations at one event

Up to 4 entities with 4 tickets = 16 /event

Up to 20 * 5 events = 100 / total year

  • OIDF (J)- Verbal ($10k)
  • Central Bank Brazil/ Chicago Advisory Partners - TBC

Gold Tier for an Event

$5,000+time

2@tier

10 remain

2 invitations at one event

Up to2/event = 4 /event

Up to 4/event = 20/year

Bronze Tier

Volunteer time 150 hours (10-13 hr/mo)

11@tier

11 remain

Named at event as “co-organizer”

1 invitation guaranteed per event

Up to 11 per event = 55/year

  • Women in identity (communications, inclusion objectives)
  • IDSA (metrics workstream)
  • OWF (Open Source code work)

Non profits+ Private members 24+15+16+4+11 = 70 slots

70 slots= Governments, multilaterals, standards bodies, other guests

$95k to date 2/14/24

The first non-profits have committed $50k (OIDF), $25k (SIA) and $10k (OIDF-J). We are requesting further funding and volunteer support from other non-profits to help us scale this effort.

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SIDI Summits 2024 - In development

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SIDI: CapeTown (Before ID4Africa)

SIDI: Berlin (Before EIC)

SIDI: D.C. (Before Identity Week)

SIDI: Tokyo (TBC)

SIDI: Rio (Before G20)

City/ Region

Cape Town/Africa

Berlin/ Europe

D.C./ North America

Tokyo/ Asia (or before Identity Week Singapore)

Rio/ Latin America

Date

May 20th

June 3rd

September 10th

TBC October

Rio 11/15-21

Capacity

100

120-140

120-140

120-140

150

Venue & A/V

Hotel ABC

Gov Hosted (by Min of Interior TBC)

Hotel ABC

Gov hosted (by Digital Agency and Cabinet Office TBC)

Gov Hosted?

Time

9 - 4pm

9-6pm

9-6pm

9-6pm

9-6pm

Catering

Breakfast, lunch, 2 coffee breaks

Breakfast, lunch, 2 coffee breaks

Breakfast, lunch, 2 coffee breaks

Breakfast, lunch, 2 coffee breaks

Breakfast, lunch, 2 coffee breaks

Evening drinks or buffet

60 people

120-140 people

120-140 people

120-140 people

120-140 people

Budget

~$15,000

~$15,000

~$15,000

~$15,000

~$25,000

Summit costs

$85,000 (estimate prior to venue selection)

EU funds are likely to go towards offsetting the costs of our 4-5 Summit/workshop events in line with the grant proposal.

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SIDI Sponsorships - Private entities

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Tier

Contribution

Avail

Sponsor

ID4Africa

Morning Coffee

$1000

1

ID4Africa

Afternoon Coffee

$1000

1

ID4Africa

Buffet lunch

$4000

1

ID4Africa

Buffet dinner and drinks

$8000

1

Private entities who attend (via a non-profit invite) may sponsor discrete events during SIDI Summits, e.g. cocktail reception, buffet dinner, coffee service. Interested organizations can contact the co-organizers for information on sponsorship, and activation for signage/ recognition for sponsorship.

Tier

Contribution

Avail

Sponsor

EIC

Morning Breakfast

$2000

1

EIC

Morning Coffee

$500

1

EIC

Afternoon Coffee

$500

1

EIC

Buffet lunch

$4000

1

EIC

Buffet dinner and drinks

$8000

1

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SIDI Operational Support 2024 (DRAFT)

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Budget Line

Roles

Budget 2024

Estimated budget 2025

Website hosting/ webmastering

$5,000

$5,000

Report development/ copy writing

1 person, project

$5,000 x 4 reports + $10,000 G20 report

$5,000 x 4 reports + $10,000 G20 report

Workstream: Project coordinator

5 * 25% capacity

Cross-stream part time contractor

$25,000

$25,000 each workstream, part time contractor(s)

$125,000 total

Summit event coordinator

5*25% capacity

$5,000 each summit

$15,000 each summit, part time contractor(s)

$75,000 total

Communications lead

1* 50% capacity

$10,000, part time contractor or agency

$50,000, part time contractor or agency

Senior Advisor / Ex Gov Official

1* 25% capacity

TBC (after OIDF initial period)

$50,000, part time

Grant writer and manager

1* 25% capacity

$25,000, part time (manage grants)

$0 Grant proposals (paid % commission)

$25,000, part time

Subtotal of direct staff costs

$ 100,000

$350,000

SIDI Staff travel

5 trips

-

5 * $4,000 per trip = $20,000

Government attendee travel (select African delegates)

20 people hotel extension

20* 250 = $5,000

20* 250 = $5,000

Other Gov officials or Special guest

10 people flights/hotel

-

2 grants per summit * $5,000 = $100,000

Subtotal of direct travel costs

$5,000

$125,000

The funds raised already from the EU and co-organizers will be used to ensure the events are funded, and other key operational tasks are supported as well in 2024. As additional funds are raised, we can scale our approach.

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SIDI Communications Strategy

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Website

Social Media

  • Live/ in production
  • Recent announcements, reading lists, participants
  • Public repository of SIDI Hub work, e.g. links to GitHub, summit reports, participant communications
  • Live/ in production
  • Recent announcements
  • Goal: Transparency, opportunities to engage, avert disinformation

  • Live/ in production
  • GDPR compliance email list management
  • Rapporteur report from 11/28 released
  • Reports for Cape Town, Berlin, D.C., Tokyo, Rio
  • Workstream intros
  • Interview of participants
  • Post videos of summit presentations
  • Ad hoc briefs to stakeholders by co-organizers

PR

  • PR announcements of SIDI Hub
  • Paris done, for other events to do
  • Co-organizers, transition to staff

Grant Management

  • Grant fit assessment
  • Grant proposals
  • Funder communications

Direct Marketing

Summit Reports

Events Organization

Video

Photography

Advocacy/ Direct Briefs

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Confidentiality

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Thank you!

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