{"id":20945,"date":"2025-10-21T16:38:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/?p=20945"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:21:30","slug":"aptitude_kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/2025\/10\/21\/aptitude_kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Aptitude Project for Digital EU Identity Kick-off Meeting is taking place in Paris, 22\u201323 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Aptitude<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> project, the new European Large-Scale Pilot on Digital Identity for Citizens, will officially launch with its <\/span><b>Kick-off Meeting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Paris on <\/span><b>22\u201323 October 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gathering representatives from 12 countries and more than 115 public and private partners, the event will bring together European institutions, Member States, research organizations, and industry stakeholders to set the stage for two years of collaboration toward designing, testing, and deploying European Digital Identity Wallets (EUDI Wallets) across EU.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Setting the Stage for Europe\u2019s Digital Identity<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the next two days, participants will engage in high-level sessions, workshops, and live demonstrations addressing Aptitude\u2019s vision, objectives, and roadmap. Discussions will focus on interoperability, compliance, and European regulation as key principles guiding the project\u2019s implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Kick-off Meeting representatives of the project consortium will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Present Aptitude\u2019s vision, objectives and highlight the roles of Member States and partners in advancing Europe\u2019s Digital Identity framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch the four new Digital EU Wallet pilot use cases \u2014 Digital Travel Credentials, Tickets and Check-in, Mobile Vehicle Registration Certificate (mVRC), Payments and Banking \u2014 setting the foundation for their implementation and testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emphasize the importance of interoperability, compliance, and European values, which lie at the heart of a trusted and inclusive digital identity ecosystem.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foster discussions amongst partners and stakeholders to encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and alignment on the project\u2019s priorities and technical roadmap.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Agenda Highlights<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>On Day 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the focus will be on the project\u2019s strategic vision, its main goals and timeline, the regulatory framework presented by the European Commission, and a comprehensive overview of Aptitude\u2019s work packages, followed by interactive workshops and discussions on implementation and compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>On Day 2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the agenda includes live EUDI Wallet demonstrations, Member States\u2019 updates, and interoperability sessions under the EUDI Wallet initiative, covering topics such as banking flows and age verification. The meeting will conclude with a roundtable discussion, an orientation vote, and a Steering Committee session for Member State representatives and Work Package Leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Aptitude officially begins its journey, this kick-off event will mark a milestone in Europe\u2019s collective effort to deliver a secure, user-friendly and interoperable Digital Identity Ecosystem for all Europeans.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aptitude project, the new European Large-Scale Pilot on Digital Identity for Citizens, will officially launch with its Kick-off Meeting in Paris on 22\u201323 October 2025. Gathering representatives from 12 countries and more than 115 public and private partners, the event will bring together European institutions, Member States, research organizations, and industry stakeholders to set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1085,294,355,490],"tags":[897,898,349,904,369],"class_list":["post-20945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aptitude","category-events-en","category-news-en","category-news_en-en","tag-digitalidentity","tag-eudiwallet-en","tag-grnet-en","tag--en-4","tag--en-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20947,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20945\/revisions\/20947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grnet.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}