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Modular Open Source

Identity Platform (MOSIP)

Prof. S. Rajagopalan | President, MOSIP

June 2024

IIIT-Bangalore

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Very few have been successful. *GELB, A., & METZ, A. (2018). Identification Revolution: Can Digital ID be Harnessed for Development?

By the year 2018, 60+ countries�had attempted to build �National Digital ID Systems, �including every sub-Saharan African country.*

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CHALLENGES FACED

BY NATIONS IMPLEMENTING IDENTITY SYSTEMS

SILOED APPROACH TO DIGITAL IDENTITY

INFLEXIBILITY OF PROPRIETARY SOLUTIONS

COMMON NEEDS; DIVERSE SOLUTIONS

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MODULAR OPEN SOURCEIDENTITY PLATFORM

Established in 2018

as a not-for-profit project at

the International Institute of

Information Technology, Bangalore

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY

Pratiksha

Trust

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THE MOSIP VISION A DPI approach

Platform

Services

Financial Inclusion, Social Benefits, Emergency Response, Registries, Private Sector

Components and Tooling

Data Exchange, Digital Trust, User Consent, Mobility, Privacy, Security

ID as Open Source, Open Standards Platform

Identity issuance and verification

as the foundation

MOSIP envisions a digital future that is interoperable, inclusive, and trusted

People

Data Exchange

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What is MOSIP?

MOSIP:

  • is a robust and secure, open-source platform for building foundational identity systems

  • establishes the root of trust for identity

  • forms the foundational layer for service delivery

MOSIP is a platform for:

  • ID issuance

  • Identity verification

  • ID life cycle management

  • Presence based assurance

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What does MOSIP do?

PROVIDES A PLATFORM

Development and enhancement of technology for ID issuance and usage

SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND COLLABORATIONS

Collaborate with academic partners to develop cutting edge technology

BUILDS ECOSYSTEMS

Nurturing a robust ecosystem of commercial partners

PARTNERS WITH COUNTRIES

Support countries in adoption of digital ID

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MOSIP

Technology

Principles

MOSIP Technology is built on a bedrock of good principles, constantly improving through field and implementation learnings.

DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY & SECURITY

Secure and private by design, using secure devices, processes, data storage & data processing

OPEN SOURCE

Open-Source platform, using open standards

SCALABLE

Independently scalable components, tested for ~100 million population

MODULAR

Independent, interchangeable modules, and API-based implementation

CONFIGURABLE

Easy personalisation & configuration

MANAGEABLE

Easy auditing, monitoring, testing and upgrades

HUMAN-CENTRIC DESIGN

Technology designed with inclusion in mind, ensuring no one is left behind

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MOSIP’sFocus Areas

ID Issuance and Lifecycle

Enabling ID Usage

Standards and Reference Integrations

Tooling, Guidebooks and Marketplace

Use Cases | (G2P Benefits and Cross Border Usage)

Interoperability | (Whole of Government and Digital Society)

Sustainability | (Platform Maturity, Technology Debt and Maintenance)

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Commercial Ecosystem

Complete ID Solution

by a System Integrator

MOSIP Platform

Country Infrastructure

(Data Centre/Cloud)

SYSTEM INTEGRATORS

Customisation

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION PROVIDERS

MOSIP PLATFORM

Printers & Scanners

Manual Verification

E-Mail & SMS Gateways

ABIS

Biometric SDKs

Biometric Devices

Card Printing System

Use Cases

INTEGRATION

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Biometric Solution Providers

System Integrators

80+ commercial partners

Offering products and services that are:

Categorise companies by the three logo categories.

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MOSIP’S

OFFERINGS to Countries

MOSIP Technology

Offering core digital ID infrastructure

Capacity Building

Making countries full and independent owners of their digital infrastructure

Platform Support

Supporting countries is MOSIP adoption

Training

�Equipping countries to understand and operate MOSIP technology

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MOSIP Pilot

National Roll-Out Models

01 Greenfield Model:�From the Ground Up

  • Adopt MOSIP and join its ecosystem of technology partners.
  • Customise modules from scratch to enable all processes

02 Brownfield Model: �Embracing Existing Infrastructure

  • Integrate the MOSIP platform with existing databases or identity systems
  • Work with MOSIP and local experts to upgrade legacy infrastructure to modern digital identity systems

Rapid Deployment Model

A quick and efficient pilot model, developed by optimising people, process, and technology

  • OBJECTIVE: Experience ALL the stages of MOSIP Implementation

  • SUCCESS FACTORS: Understand MOSIP capability and process through successful registration of 1000 Residents

  • DURATION: 2 – 3 months

  • ABIS, biometric kits, and authentication devices provided by MOSIP

  • MOSIP COST: $ 0.00

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Morocco

37.3 million

Burkina Faso

23.3 million

Guinea

14.2 million

Sierra Leone

8.8 million

Niger

27.5 million

Togo

9.1 million

Nigeria

223.8 million

Zambia

20.6 million

eSignet Adoption

Madagascar

30.3 million

Sri Lanka

21.9 million

Philippines

117.3 million

Ethiopia

126.5 million

Uganda

48.6 million

Congo

6.1 million

Peru

34.4 million

Mexico

128.5 million

Cambodia

16.9 million

eSignet Adoption

Belize

400 thousand

MOSIP Country Adoptions

110+M REGISTRATIONSAcross 20+ Countries

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ID is only as powerful and what it can enable.

MOSIP’s robust identity platform enables countries to equip every resident with essential benefits and services.

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ID AS AN ENABLERWhat can foundational ID systems enable?

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Banking the unbanked | Credit Access

SOCIAL REGISTRIES

Benefits Registries | Employment Registries

HEALTHCARE DELIVERY

Targeted vaccination | Childbirth | Medical Records

EMERGENCY RELIEF

Pandemics | Natural Disasters

DEPARTMENTAL IDS

Taxes | Organisation Registries | Driving License

et al.

CIVIL REGISTRIES

Birth & Death Registry | Family Registry | Marriage

BENEFITS DELIVERY

Direct benefit transfer | Unemployment

Cash or Kind Subsidies | Schemes

PRIVATE SECTOR

Banking, Insurance et al | Digital Payments

Service Delivery

A BORDERLESS ECONOMY: Social mobility | Easy cross-border commerce | Global transformation

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A MOSIP POWERED STACK

For digital transformation

Identity & Verification

Events & Data Sharing

Credentials & Consent

Schemes & Benefits Delivery

3rd Party Services – Gov & Pvt Sector

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MOSIP USE CASESAn organically evolving honeycomb of solutions

emanas

dhis2

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Reference Integration

Solution

OpenG2P

Identity Verification, Targeted benefit delivery including payments.

Open CRVS

Issue of ID for newborns and ID lifecycle management

E-Manas | DHIS2

Identity and consented health record sharing for healthcare

E-Mudhra

User digitally-signed documents

MOSIP USE CASES�An organically evolving honeycomb of solutions

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Lessons from MOSIP Experience

  • Principles-based technology development
    • Build in open
    • Build for reusability
    • Build for interoperability
    • Build for generic and not specific

  • User at the center
    • Build for field requirements and not in the lab
    • Incorporate inputs from the field in the evolution of the product

  • Build an enabling implementation ecosystem
    • Network of commercial partners capable of servicing implementation requirements
    • Network of organisations contributing and validating the technology

    • Partner with countries
    • Establish a co-equal relationship and not a vendor-client relationship
    • Build capacity of the countries to adopt technology
    • Predictable support for the product

  • Pilots are a gateway to adoption success
    • Helps adopters visualise implementation
    • Helps Governments build internal capacity

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Thank You!

Homepage: www.mosip.io

Source Code: https://github.com/mosip

Documentation: docs.mosip.io