Identity management applications in international development

Salomé Eggler, Tey Al-Rjula, Alexander Schmid, Thérèse Carolin
Tasche Today, exercising many rights and accessing a variety of
services such as healthcare, education and voting comes in lockstep
with legal proof of existence – if you don’t have it, you can’t
participate. Given that the birth of one out of four children under
the age of five remains unregistered worldwide, this has alarming
consequences for a lot a people. However, remedy seems within
reach: blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology showcase new
avenues when it comes to managing one's identity. By providing
people with a digital ID, blockchained identities not only offer
access to political, economic and social life, but also promise the
mitigation of identity theft as well as time and money consuming
KYC processes. Unsurprisingly, many of the most innovative projects
in terms of identity management in the 21st century thus focus on
self-sovereign identity. Let's co-create! In an attempt to
streamline current efforts and move towards more hands-on
applications, this workshop will: build bridges between
technologists and international development experts; forge a common
vision about the design of decentralized identity management; and
highlight core ingredients of such a delivery framework, taking
into account the privacy concerns of the most vulnerable. Beyond
that, to foster cooperative approaches and create workable
solutions, the workshop will guide participants through GIZ´s
international project portfolio to elucidate the most pressing
issues in respect to decentralized identity management. While the
workshop will provide nuanced insights into recently implemented
development projects, all those interested in having a closer look
at data protection questions are warmly invited to join the
introductory session on self-determined identity management on 2
May. supported by T-Labs