Impact 1: Shaping a more human-centric evolution of the Internet
KPI 1.1 Technical limitations of SSI framework addressed
Sub-grantee Fraunhofer addressed the limitation that trust relationships are difficult to administer for verifiers. Sub-grantee ValidatedID addressed the limitation that SSI could not be combined with eIDAS signatures. Sub-grantee Verifiable Credentials Ltd addressed the limitation that SSI policies are hard to manage. Sub-grantee Gataca addressed the limitation that verifiers were forced to integrate with multiple mutually incompatible SSI technologies. Sub-grantee Evernym addressed the limitation that getting started with SSI was difficult due to the proprietary-ness of SSI wallets.
KPI 1.2 eSSIF-Lab promotes Social Innovation
Sub-grantee Domilabs is set to creating a more efficient relationship between actors in the real estate actor allowing them to be more connected and to save time in transactions. Sub-grantee Resonate is making strides in allowing musicians and other artists regain control of the distribution of their music while managing their own communities. Sub-grantee E-Origin will allow customs to track goods with more accuracy while reducing costs. Sub-grantee Truu will significantly reduce the paperwork and transfer time of a doctor to another hospital. Sub-grantee Bloqzone will significantly reduce the identification time and risk for phone calls from and to call centers.
Impact 2: Create a European ecosystem of top researchers, hi-tech startups and SMEs
KPI 2.1 Ten yearly SSI community building actions 10 hackathons, bootcamps, webinars, pre-events per year in relation to the open calls.
5 online sessions and 5 events were attended in relation to the open calls. Additionally bi-weekly eSSIF-Lab ecosystem meetups for all sub-grantees where held.
KPI 2.2 Tech media acknowledging eSSIF-Lab project
Several sub-grantees as well as TNO have presented at the Rebooting Web of Trust (#RWOT11) event in The Hague, Netherlands (26-30 September 2022).
Impact 3: Generate new business opportunities and new Internet companies
KPI 3.1 SSI business ideas and opportunities identified 700 new SSI business.
A total of 737 draft applications were started to all eSSIF-Lab open calls. Of those, 203 applications were submitted.
KPI 3.2 Increase in the market share of SSI based solutions
2 eSSIF-Lab sub-grantees have been taken over by larger European organisations, indicating the achieved value and technology positions by them. eSSIF-Lab sub-grantees are visibly contributing in all main European identity (EBSI, EIDAS) and transatlantic programs (ao USA-DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program, EC-CAN collaboration), as well to commercial national programs coordinated by national SSI associations. The main indicator is the success of the business-oriented sub-grantees in attracting customers and developing a market proposition, as well the active use of the open-source components developed by the infrastructure-oriented sub-grantees.
Impact 4: Integrate research and innovation communities
KPI 4.1 Strategic papers on SSI with industry partners
Drummond Reed (Evernym) , Oskar van Deventer, Rieks Joosten (TNO): "The basic building blocks of SSI", Chapter 2 of the book "Self-Sovereign Identity". Oskar van Deventer (TNO), Alexander Blom, Line Kofoed (Bloqzone), “We need countermeasures against SSI coercion”, Privacy & Pandemics Workshop, Web, October 27-28, 2020. Sterre den Breeijen (TNO), with others "On Guardianship in Self-Sovereign Identity", Sovrin.
KPI 4.2 Collaboration with Industry in developing new business and setting standards
Rieks Joosten (TNO), Drummond Reed (Evernym): founder and co-chairs of new Trust-over-IP Concepts & Terminology Working Group. Sub-grantee Gataca initiated the Verifier Universal Interface standardisation, which will be likely adopted by DIF after eSSIF-Lab. Sub-grantee Danubetech is main contributor to W3C DID and DID-related working groups in DIF. Sub-grantee Sphereon is main contributor to the OIDC standards related to SSI.
