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<h1 class="heading-deco terciary">About us</h1>
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  Welcome to the European Blockchain Service Infrastructure (EBSI) - a joint
  initiative founded by the European Commission and Member States, aimed at
  creating a blockchain-based digital infrastructure for the public sector
  across Europe. Member States and other countries were initially represented
  through the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP). A new governance structure
  is now being put in place with the creation of a new legal entity,
  EUROPEUM-EDIC, which brings together a group of Member States that will
  accompany the evolution of EBSI in its production phase.
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  that enables public services to operate more efficiently, transparently and
  cost-effectively. EBSI is funded by the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL), an
  EU funding programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses,
  citizens and public administrations.
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<h2 class="heading-deco terciary">Governance and Coordination</h2>
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  EUROPEUM-EDIC is a new legal entity, created in May 2024 through a European
  Commission decision with a mandate to take over the governance of EBSI and set
  the necessary conditions for the infrastructure to go into Production. The
  Member States currently part of EUROPEUM-EDIC are currently Belgium, Croatia,
  Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia.
  Other countries can join EUROPEUM-EDIC as a Member or Observer.<br />This new
  legal entity is foreseen to take over the governance of EBSI from the European
  Commission and the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP), which coordinated
  the development of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)
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  Currently, the handover process in under way and is expected to be concluded
  in Q1 2025.<br />EBSI is governed by a set of rules and procedures that
  ensure transparency, accountability, and collaboration among stakeholders.
  Once the transition is finalised, EUROPEUM-EDIC will take over the EBP and
  European Commission’s coordination and governance tasks and ensure the
  continuation of the development of the European Blockchain Services
  Infrastructure. The new legal entity will also oversee the activities
  concerning consultations with Member States, public sector organisations, and
  other stakeholders.
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  While the transition is still in progress, from the European Commission’s
  side, DG CNECT is acting as the project owner and the technical implementation
  and support is being handled by DG DIGIT. After the transition, the European
  Commission will continue to monitor EUROPEUM-EDIC, and act as an advisory body
  regarding EUROPEUM-EDIC’s activities, in particular for EBSI.
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  The new <strong>legal entity</strong> taking over
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<h2 class="heading-deco secondary">Community and Participants</h2>  
<p><strong>EBSI is built on a community-driven approach, with active participation from various stakeholders including Node Operators and Early Adopters.</strong></p> 

<p>Node Operators are responsible for running and maintaining the network, while Early Adopters are public sector organisations that are using EBSI to pilot projects to address specific business or governmental use cases involving the exchange of verifiable credentials.</p>
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		<p class="lead"><strong>Digital Europe Programme</strong></p>
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					The European Commission launches the
					<strong>European Blockchain Partnership (EBP)</strong> to explore blockchain potential for the public sector.
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		<p class="lead"><strong>EBSI kick off</strong></p>
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					The EBP publishes a report on the feasibility of a
					<strong>European Blockchain Service Infrastructure.</strong>
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					EBSI is launched, with the development of basic blockchain infrastructure and a user web wallet.
					<strong>Use case implementation begins.</strong>
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					The EBSI pilot network is launched, with several public sector organizations becoming early adopters, through the
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		<p class="number-blue">2022</p>
		   
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					<strong>Demo of the first cross-border integrations took place.</strong>
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				<p>EBSI goes live and scales up, with market stimulation and support and multiple environments for piloting, pre-production, and production.</p>
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					<strong>Verifiable Credentials are widely adopted in education, worker mobility, and other domains.</strong>
					Traceability capabilities for digital product passport and IP management, and more, are developed.
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