This World Bank report, published in March 2025, serves as a strategic framework for developing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as a foundational element of digital transformation. It emphasizes DPI as a set of shared digital systems—such as digital identity, payments, and data-sharing—that governments and private sector players can use to create scalable, efficient, and inclusive… Read more
The Arab Digital Agenda (ADA) 2023–2033 serves as a comprehensive framework for digital transformation across the Arab region, addressing key economic sectors such as trade, trade finance, and logistics. The integration of Base Added Attachments (BAA) within this digital ecosystem is poised to revolutionize these sectors by enhancing efficiency, transparency, and security. Understanding Base Added… Read more
In January 2025, the European Commission unveiled the Competitiveness Compass, a strategic roadmap designed to revitalize Europe’s economic dynamism and secure sustainable prosperity. This initiative emphasizes the need for simplification, enhanced coordination, robust financing mechanisms, skills development, and decarbonization to bolster the Single Market. The DigitalTrade4.EU consortium can play an important role in supporting these… Read more
As countries progress in their digital transformation journeys, establishing trust in digital interactions becomes increasingly vital. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a critical enabler of secure and trustworthy electronic transactions, constituting a key component of a country’s digital public infrastructure. This policy note focuses on how governments can effectively implement PKI at a national level—complementing… Read more
eIDAS 2.0 represents a significant upgrade to the European Union’s electronic Identification, Authentication, and Trust Services (eIDAS) regulation. This enhancement aims to refine and expand cross-border digital identity solutions and trust services, thereby allowing citizens and businesses to securely access a wide range of public and private services across the EU. By enhancing trust services… Read more
This white paper has been created under the purview of the UN/CEFACT cross-border management domain and focuses on improving the cross-border flow of all types of freight consignments by applying digital solutions. A digital corridor is an electronic platform that connects multiple trade ecosystems (e.g. air/ocean/land community systems or single window systems) to share the… Read more
Increasingly, we are living in a digitally connected world. The global pandemic has had an incredible impact on fast-tracking organizations into digital transformation.Digitalization has gained enormous momentum, largely out of necessity, causing technology transformations years ahead of predicted schedules. Organizations and individuals, during the pandemic, were forced into navigating a remote working environment and it’s… Read more
The Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) facilitates the use of developing technology such as distributed ledgers in the issuance, trading and settlement of securities in the UK. The DSS is a regulated live environment that has been created to explore how developing technologies could be used by firms to undertake the activities of notary, maintenance and settlement for financial securities either… Read more
This white paper has been created under the purview of the UN/CEFACT cross-border management domain and focuses on improving the cross-border flow of all types of freight consignments by applying digital solutions. A digital corridor is an electronic platform that connects multiple trade ecosystems (e.g. air/ocean/land community systems or single window systems) to share the… Read more
This pioneering document, commissioned with the primary objective of ensuring that blockchain systems align with and promote European values, marks a pivotal moment in the realm of blockchain technology and its ethical implications within the EU framework. It represents a dedicated year-long collaborative effort by a panel comprising ten distinguished blockchain experts. The guidelines comprehensively address… Read more