INCM and Lusófona start verifiable-credential student pilot with Gataca
INCM Partners with Gataca for Decentralized Identity Pilot ↗
What happened
- INCM and Universidade Lusófona announced the start of a pilot project to deploy a digital identity solution using verifiable credentials for student services.
- INCM selected Gataca as technology partner for the pilot.
- Universidade Lusófona will issue digital student cards as verifiable credentials in the INCM Wallet for four use cases, including cinema, veterinary hospital and canteen discounts and digital service access.
- Gataca provides technology for issuing, managing and verifying the verifiable credentials.
- INCM aims to promote EBSI as a digital trust framework through the pilot and hosts Portugal's sole EBSI validator node.
Why it matters to Signicat
- The pilot is a higher-education, student-card use case with a Portuguese public-sector issuer; limited direct overlap with Signicat's core eID brokering or document verification lines in the Nordics, Benelux, DACH, Iberia or UK.
- Gataca's win strengthens competitor positioning for EBSI-based verifiable credentials in Portugal, relevant to Signicat's EUDI wallet and reusable-credential watch.
Evidence from the source (7 quotes)
- “INCM (Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda), the Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office, and Universidade Lusófona announced today the start of a pilot project to deploy a digital identity solution using verifiable credentials for simple and secure authentication across various student services.” source ↗
- “Gataca, as an industry leader in decentralized identity management technology, has been selected by INCM as its technology partner for this pilot.” source ↗
- “Universidade Lusófona will provide students with digital student cards, issued as verifiable credentials in the INCM Wallet, with the aim of testing different use cases:” source ↗
- “Gataca provides the technology required for issuing, managing, and verifying these verifiable credentials.” source ↗
- “INCM plays an important role in the EBSI ecosystem, hosting the sole validator EBSI node in Portugal and soon representing the country in the Assembly” source ↗
- “The pilot will first focus on the higher education domain to gain first-hand knowledge of how the technology works” source ↗
- “The pilot will first focus on the higher education domain to gain first-hand knowledge of how the technology works” source ↗
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