Come help construct the Global Digital Credentialing Ecosystem, by participating in the world’s most comprehensive organic cross-section of sectors and stakeholders

More than 80 organisations from twenty seven countries have signed the Groningen Declaration, which aims to enhance student mobility and provide credential integrity and security for digital student academic data globally, and at the moment of writing, a further 15+ new organisations are slated to sign at the GDN annual meeting in Puebla.

Quoted in the recently issued UNESCO report Digital Credentialing: Implications for the recognition of learning across borders as probably being one of the main conveners in the Digital Credentialing Ecosystem, the Groningen Declaration Network has been promoting the vision that UNESCO urgently calls for in its report, “to reach a common international approach where all aspects of a person’s learning are electronically documented, authenticated and can be accessed at any time and anywhere, shared and amended by the owner or by an authorised party”. UNESCO deems such conveners crucially important: “This is also the most critical [sector]. International agencies such as UNESCO and the (…) OECD have a role to play, and increasingly so do open communities and networks that have developed organically and comprise an eclectic mix of actors. The role of the conveners in the digital credential ecosystems is key in this respect”. And UNESCO sees the GDN as performing that role alongside UNESCO itself, the World Bank, the OECD, the European Commission, the African Development Bank and government agencies. The report concludes with the suggestion that UNESCO “consider adopting, in partnership with other organisations, a chart regarding “open learners’ records”’ in the context of the forthcoming recommendation on OERs”.

Make sure to register now for what is poised to be a stimulating event, featuring thought-provoking keynote addresses, workshops, case studies and round-table discussions, along with ample time for networking and connecting with colleagues from all over the world.