1. Key Policy Questions and Expectations:
- How can we make inclusion, empowerment and agency of individuals a core design element of identity and data models?
- What are high-value use cases that data and digital identity can enable for citizens and consumers, and how can we accelerate their implementation?
- How must roles for governments, businesses and civil society evolve in an increasingly data-driven economy?
Expected outcomes:
- Broaden shared understanding of individual-centric principles on digital identity and data
- Identify “lighthouse” activities and scalable, replicable best practices from around the world
- Identify priority policy considerations that need multi-stakeholder dialogue and action
2. Summary of Issues Discussed:
There was agreement on:
- Digital Identities as opportunity to enable high-potential use cases as well as risk to individual rights
- Principles to be maintained in designing Digital Identity Solutions: Public involvement, Opt-In, Collaboration (you cannot solve identity alone), Standards / Interoperability, Security
- No one-size fits all: e.g. top-down state-imposed identity versus collaborative approaches
3. Policy Recommendations or Suggestions for the Way Forward:
Policy recommendations relate to collaborative approaches and respecting privacy and control of individuals:
- Economic: Define incentives and explain to users the benefits of identity [to be addressed in business fora and digital skills]
- Social-cultural: Public consultations, Public-private involvement - to reach critical mass
- Technical policy: Define and adopt common standards / technology exists to approach this [to be addressed by technical, vendor alliances, as well as ethical approaches to AI]
- Overarching policy issues: Define frames for privacy and security before imposing digital identity scehemes.
4. Other Initiatives Addressing the Session Issues:
Examples addressing policy issues:
- National ID Schemes giving agency to indiivduals over their data: Estonia
- Collaboration of public-private sector: UK: Gov.Verify
- Public engagement in designing solutions: Canada, Estonia, Australia
- Technical authentication: FIDO Alliance
5. Making Progress for Tackled Issues:
- Focus on standardization, harmonization, public engagement, critical-mass of coallitions to avoid monopolies e,g. of large private sector companies or of government surveillance
6. Estimated Participation:
Estimated participation: 60 participants, 50-50% gender diversity
7. Reflection to Gender Issues:
Digital Identities should not exaccerbate divisions.