Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has received funding from the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) to support a blockchain-based academic passport for its universities in 16 Caribbean countries. The system is to be deployed on LACChain, the Latin American blockchain network promoted by the IDB, based on the Alastria network, using the European Commission‘s Verifiable Credentials standard. For its development, CXC has hired Izertis, a Spanish technology consultancy firm that facilitates the digital transformation of organizations through a complete portfolio of technological and methodological capabilities.

In turn, Izertis has hired SmartDegrees to provide specialized blockchain consulting, with support in its meetings, as well as with the CXC and LACChain teams.

Caribbean Examinations Council

Caribbean Examinations Council is a regional board that provides examinations for secondary and post-secondary candidates in 16 countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean. It awards certificates and diplomas as a result of its examinations. Its vision is to ensure the global competitiveness of the Caribbean in human resources through the provision of quality assurance in education and its comprehensive certification.

SmartDegrees offers specialized services in blockchain: Registration and certification of degrees and certificates in blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) and strategic business consulting, to facilitate the adoption of blockchain in the digital transformation of institutions and companies.

La entrada Caribbean universities will issue their academic passport on blockchain with Izertis and SmartDegrees se publicó primero en SmartPortfolio.

Management of the community

The app highlights the value of the Sicomoro Foundation and facilitates the management of the community, by identifying its members, promoting communications between them and the institution, and giving access to the following services:

• Registration and access to courses and events of the Sicomoro Foundation
• Participation in open or personalized debate groups of the community
• News from the foundation
• Payment of the donation and access to the associated certificate
• Suggestions to the institution
• Identification card, with blockchain token and QR code.

The app uses blockchain, innovative technology that guarantees the inviolability of information through smart contracts, managed in a network programmed by a voting algorithm. The information uses the Verifiable Credentials and European Self-Sovereign Identity Framework (ESSIF) standards of the European Commission, through its European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) initiative, the adoption of which will allow the use of digital identity on other platforms and interoperation with other European institutions. It highlights the self-sovereign nature of digital identity, which blockchain allows, in which the user owns and manages their data.

 

SmartDegrees, in addition to developing the app, operates it and registers the digital identity on its own blockchain platform (Quorum, the enterprise evolution of Ethereum), as well as on the public permissioned blockchain platform Alastria, to provide transparency and also interoperability with other platforms.

Sicomoro Foundation

The Sicomoro Foundation is an entity dedicated to the study of General Systems Theory, using an interdisciplinary and global approach to understand and address complex problems, such as the transmission of Ebola, crime and urban mobility challenges. Its goal is to develop collective knowledge that improves our society.

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