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<h3 class="quote-txt">The EU Digital Identity Wallet will revolutionise the way European citizens and businesses engage
with online with online services services by seamlessly integrating convenience, safety and privacy. By providing a transparent and
secure framework, this innovative solution ensures that our personal data remains safeguarded as we navigate the
digital world.</h3>
digital world.</h3>
<p class="quote-writer">Thierry Breton Commissioner for Internal Market</p>
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<p>The European Commission has already invested €46 million from the Digital Europe Programme in four Large Scale Pilots
— to test the EU Digital Identity Wallet in a range of everyday use-cases; including Mobile Driving Licences,
payments, and education and payments, and education and professional qualificationsprofessional qualifications.</p>
<p>A second call for large-scale pilots to support the deployment of the wallets has just been <a target="_blank"
href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/digital-2024-bestuse-tech-06-trust?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate&isExactMatch=true&status=31094501&frameworkProgramme=43152860">published</a>.
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<h3 class="quote-txt">Today marks an important step in the development of the EU Digital Identity Wallet. About two
years from now, every European will be able to safely manage personal digital documents and access public and
private online services with full control private online services with full control of of personal data from a personal mobile app offered on a voluntary basis
to all European citizens and residents.</h3>
<p class="quote-writer">Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age</p>
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<p>As a next step, now that the regulation is in force, the Commission will prepare implementing acts containing the Digital Age</p>
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code and guidelines needed for Member States and IT providers to build inter-operable<p>Now EUthat Digitalthe Identityregulation Wallets
is in force, the Commission will prepare implementing acts defining the specifications needed to build inter-operable EU Digital Identity Wallets that all feature the same high level of security and data protection, while working seamlessly across the EU. </p>
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