Quick note with an update on the GDC Task Forces, organized by the GDC co-organizers and their communities. Currently there are 3 task forces:
Trust Registries Task Force
Age Assurance Task Force
Device API for ID Solutions (DAISi) Task Force
LF Group community members are welcome to participate in these task forces.
Trust Registries Task Force
Scope and Objectives
The primary aim of the Task Force is to bridge the gap between technical infrastructure and governance frameworks. The scope of work includes:
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- Developing a comprehensive framework for globally interoperable digital trust registries.
- Addressing both the technical specifications and governance requirements essential for these registries.
- Facilitating the secure and privacy-preserving verification of identity information in digital wallets across diverse digital ecosystems.
- Promoting greater alignment through a common approach to reduce fragmentation within the digital landscape.
Who Can Participate?
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- Primary Participants: All GDC Council members, co-organizers, and their respective communities are eligible and strongly encouraged to actively participate.
- Ad Hoc Participants: Liaisons, external experts, and observers may be invited to serve as knowledge partners or subject matter experts.
- Other Stakeholders: Organizations actively implementing relevant digital trust solutions are welcome to express their interest.
How to participate?
Please submit your expression of interest to the Co-Leads through the Secretariat at secretariat@globaldigitalcollaboration.org
Age Assurance Task Force
Scope and Objectives
The Task Force aims to identify shared principles that guide technical decisions and take into account major legislative and regulatory trajectories, defining a minimum common basis for compatibility to support global interoperability and trust.
Its work will focus on:
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- Developing a shared set of principles to guide technical decisions while taking into account major legislative frameworks and policy intent behind safety regulations.
- Driving Cross-Border Interoperability for age-related proofs across online, unattended remote, and in-person scenarios, actively avoiding fragmented digital ecosystems.
- Prioritizing Privacy & Safety by enabling privacy-preserving verification (e.g., “>18” without exposing PII) through technologies like Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP), where appropriate, while avoiding premature commitment to a single architecture or technology stack , balancing safety needs with privacy preservation and avoiding overly centralized identity systems.
- Supporting Proof-of-Concept Projects and Pilots, such as the Pilot / Playground Track, to test and document learnings from existing solutions for cross-border interoperability. These pilots would be used to generate practical learning, not to pre-select a single architecture, provider, or solution
- Fostering Document & Issuer Agnosticism to support diverse credentials and issuers, promoting inclusivity and preventing vendor lock-in.
Who Can Participate?
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- Primary Participants: All Council members, co-organizers, and their respective communities are eligible and strongly encouraged to actively participate.
- Ad Hoc Participants: Liaisons, external experts, and observers may be invited to serve as knowledge partners or subject matter experts.
- Other Stakeholders: Organizations actively implementing relevant age assurance solutions are welcome to express their interest. Solutions should remain multistakeholder-driven and not perceived as dominated by any single commercial entity.
How to Participate?
The Secretariat will support the process by collecting expressions of interest, helping organize participation, maintaining shared documentation, and supporting coordination between the Co-Leads and participants. Please submit your expression of interest to secretariat@globaldigitalcollaboration.org.
Device API for ID Solutions (DAISi) Task Force
This Task Force emerged from GDC Council deliberations in early 2026, which revealed recognition of the need for standardized device-level security and interoperability in digital identity solutions. Its mission is to foster collaborative development of a unified Device API for digital wallet solutions, eliminating technical fragmentation across device manufacturers and jurisdictions while ensuring seamless, secure digital identity experiences that bridge physical and digital environments.
The Task Force is intended as a light, multistakeholder, time-bound, non-binding, and non-regulatory mechanism for cooperation. It will not replace the work of regulators, national authorities, or standards development organizations.
Here are the key details regarding the Task Force:
Co-Leads
The Task Force is co-chaired by representatives from the public and private sectors: GlobalPlatform and German BSI (Federal Office for Information Security).
Scope and Objectives
The Task Force aims to establish hardware requirements and define a unified Device API for digital wallet solutions, enabling standardized access to secure functionalities across mobile trust anchors and addressing the current fragmentation in hardware capabilities on mobile devices.
Its work will focus on:
Standardized Device API & Interoperability: Develop a functional specification for a universal Device API across different platforms, defining security requirements spanning cryptography, secure services, and core wallet functions, while providing a standardized interface for accessing security components, including trusted hardware and secure applications.
Establishing Common Architecture: Create common architectural approaches for Wallet Instance, Trusted Hardware, and Secure Application implementations across diverse device types and manufacturers.
Defining Certification Standards: Establish and align with international certification requirements for wallet solutions to achieve a high Level of Assurance (LoA), ensuring trust, security, and compliance for cross-border digital identity deployments.
Ensuring Sovereignty: Define principles that safeguard users’ freedom to choose hardware and ecosystems independently while ensuring secure, reliable, and interoperable access to critical public services across devices, and actively align stakeholders across the public sector, private sector, Member States, Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), and industry.
Enabling Biometric Authentication: Leverage secure hardware available across diverse device types and manufacturers, while addressing biometric fragmentation across modalities and improving the accuracy of on-device biometric solutions.
Who Can Participate?
Primary Participants: All Council members, co-organizers, and their respective communities are eligible and strongly encouraged to participate actively.
Ad Hoc Participants: Liaisons, external experts, and observers may be invited to serve as knowledge partners or subject matter experts.
Other Stakeholders: Organizations actively implementing relevant device security and digital identity solutions are welcome to express their interest. Solutions should remain multistakeholder-driven and not perceived as dominated by any single commercial entity.
How to Participate?
The Secretariat will support the process by collecting expressions of interest, helping organize participation, maintaining shared documentation, and supporting coordination between the Co-Leads and participants. Active participation is encouraged through attending teleconferences, contributing to document drafting and reviews, and engaging in discussions on the mailing list and participatory tools.
Please submit your expression of interest to secretariat@globaldigitalcollaboration.org as soon as possible.
If you have any issues, feel free to reach out to gdc2026@lfdecentralizedtrust.org.
