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ThemeGovernment identity authorities are the first group of key stakeholders in a national identityecosystem. In this session on new developments in foundational identity systems, the followingagenciesdiscussthechallengesthattheirnationaleIDsystemswilladdress.
Internationaldevelopmentagenciesarethesecondgroupofkeystakeholdersintheidentityspace.Inthis session representatives of international organisations give their perspective on the role ofidentificationsystemsindevelopmentandgiveanoverviewofthetypeofprojectsandthemethodsbywhichtheyengagetosupportandcoordinatetheseinitiativesonnational,regionalandgloballevels.
Thissessionwilladdresstwoimportantissues:(i)Whycivilandnationalidentityregistersneedtobelinkedasamatterofpolicy?and(ii)Whatarethepracticaloptionsforachievingthisobjective.Theseoptions may include institutional arrangements that unify the organizations responsible for thedifferentfoundationalregistersorusingtechnologytoensuretheinteroperabilityoftheseregisters,includingidentityresolutiontoestablishthecorrespondence,aswellasdigitizationofpaperrecords.ThepresentationsarefollowedbyamoderatedQ&Asessionemphasizingaudienceparticipation.Workshop objective: allow participants to gain an understanding of practical strategies forintegrating civil registrationwith national identitymanagement systems and to understand theimpactofSustainableDevelopmentGoal16.9ontheiridentitypracticesgoingforward.
5 experts present brief perspectives on how to build confidence and trust in identity schemes bysecuringtheproductionandissuanceofIDcredentials.Thisincludessecuringtheissuanceprocessaswellassecuringthecredentialitselfthroughadoptinginnovationsinsecurityprintingtechniquesandsecure production and personalisation. Thiswill be followed by a 40-minutemoderated discussionbetweentheexpertsandworkshopparticipants.Workshop objective: enable ID issuing authorities and government security printers in Africa tolearnabouthowtoachievethehighest levelof trust in ID (Trust the issuer,Trust thecredential,Trust theProcess).This is requiredtoensurethatthe issued ID isgenuine (nottamperedwithorcounterfeited)and is issuedtoa legitimate identity (asopposedtoagenuine ID issuedtoafakeidentity through malfeasance or fraud). The audience will learn about latest innovations forproducing and issuing secure ID credentials, understand recent threats that fraudsters areemploying to forge, tamper with, or counterfeit ID credentials, and explore the practicalconsiderationsofsecureidentitydocumentproductiontopreventmalfeasanceinAfrica.
Alongwithitsbenefits,identityandidentificationsystemsposeseveralrisks,whichrequireattentionand mitigation. For example, electronic capture and storage of personal data requires strongprovisions of governance and management to ensure the quality, security and privacy of data,protecting from misuse, exploitation, or theft. In addition, in order to build trust among users itrequires the right legal framework at the national level to ensure respect of individual legal rightssuchasprivacy.Thisworkshopprovidesparticipantswithapracticalguideon legal frameworks,datamanagementandprotectionandprivacymattersneededtoensureresponsibledeploymentandsustainabilityofe-IDsystems.Theworkshop isaimedatpractitioners fromthe identityauthoritiesand itaddresses the followingissues: (1) What overall legal and governance frameworks are recommended and (2) Why theadoptionofaprivacyanddataprotectionframeworkfromdayonemattersinidentificationsystems(2)Thepracticalinstitutionalandadministrativeexperienceintheadoptionandimplementationande-Id system.This includesanexaminationof rules-based legal structures in the contextof civil law(top down) as well as the promotion of a culture of privacy ingrained in the business processesaround identification systems and the programs that use them (bottomup) for public good, oftenseenincountrieswithcommonlaw.
Workshop objective: Participantswill leave theworkshopwith a practical understanding of thelegal and governance frameworks required for responsible deployment of identitymanagementsystems and for coherent policies and strategies to promote acceptance of, and trust in IDmanagementsystems.
Theworkshopwillattempttoanswertwofundamentalquestionsrelatedtotheeconomicsofdigitalidentityand its financingbyexploringevidencefromrelevantexperiences: (1)What is theevidencethatidentificationschemesmakeeconomicsenseforsociety?and(2)Whatoptionsareavailableforfinancingthem(businessmodels)?Thefinancingquestionwillexploreamultitudeofoptionsthatrangefromusingrevenuegeneratedfrom fees for identification services offered, to using credit from savings to budgets due to the
elimination of leakages in benefits programs, elimination of ghost workers or the elimination offraudulentclaimsinuniversalhealthcareschemesthatdeployastrongidentificationsystem.Workshopobjective:participantswillgainaclearunderstandingoftheeconomicimpactofdigitalidentity systems and will learn about pragmatic approaches and strategies to finance themthrough a range of available business models that have the potential to accelerate the ROI ofidentityschemes.
industry discuss the experiences and trends in using digital identity in support of democracy andelections (including enrolment as well as voter verification). This includes both the experiences ofusing foundational identity (i.e. national ID) as well as independent functional voter registers. Inaddition, the workshop elaborates on the harmonization efforts between national identity andelectoral registers in countries where both have been developed and addresses some of thechallenges related to the additional sensitive information (e.g. Ethnicity, nationality, etc.) normallycapturedintheelectoralregisters.Workshop objectives: understanding the advantages and disadvantages of linking or delinkingvoterregisters fromfoundational registers.Gainingpracticalknowledgehowtoperform identityenrolment & verification and looking for lessons learned that can be used for other functionalidentityregisters,suchassocialregisters.
The delivery of social protection and the enabling of the unbanked to access financial services arecriticaltohelpingtheexcludedanderadicatingpoverty-butbotharedependentuponidentity.Inthisworkshop 5 experts present brief perspectives, share experience and discuss how social protectionandfinancialinclusionareincreasinglyseenasbeinglinkedtonationalidentitystrategies(especiallywhen dealing with systems of social protection and not isolated point programs) through theapplicationofinnovativetechnologies.Workshop objective: participants will get a practical understanding of what is involved inestablishedsocialandhouseholdregisters,howtolinkthentonationalidentitysystemsandhowthosecanbeusedinsupportofthemissionofsocialprotection,inclusionandpovertyreduction.
In this session designated representatives (called Correspondents) along with the workshop leadersfromeachof the6workshopsmakebrief reportsonthetakehomemessagesandrecommendationsresultingfromeachworkshop.Audiencewillbegiven3minutesperworkshopreporttoreact.This will be done in Rapid Fire Format where the correspondents and workshop leader attempt toconveytothefullplenaryaudiencesomebigideasinveryshortperiodoftime.
In this final Davos-style panel, the session moderator will lead a group of identity experts toexplorethefutureofelectronicidentityinAfrica.Themoderatorwillinvitetheseexpertstostartthediscussionbygivingtheirinitialperspectivesfollowingwhichallthedelegateswillbeinvitedtoparticipateinthediscussion-allquestions,perspectivesandopinionswillbewelcomed.TheinvitedidentityexpertswillbeaskedtosummarisetheoutcomesfromtheForum’stwodaysand to contributea closing tweetunder the ID4Africahandle to give their finalperspectiveandtakehomemessages.(60min)