diff --git a/_posts/application/2023-06-16-use-cases.md b/_posts/application/2023-06-16-use-cases.md index 4edb6622..d25d09ac 100644 --- a/_posts/application/2023-06-16-use-cases.md +++ b/_posts/application/2023-06-16-use-cases.md @@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ last_modified_at: 2023-06-18 * [Video] [SSI & Proof of Reputation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S95BoGgy3x0) 2022-04-14 Catalyst Swarm > Join Frank Albanese (Snapbrillia), Lance Byrd (RootsID), Nick Mason (ProofSpace), Niels Kijf (Design Academy), Patrick Suzzi (F8 OSDE), Juan Sierra (HERG), Zoéys Welt, Brian Harper, Ashton Engberg, Ninh Tran (Snapbrillia) and many others as the community discusses the different what is SSI & Proof of Reputation and why it matters. -### IAM -* [Video] [IAM and SSI: A Combined Approach to Digital Identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzzg4cbj3mI) 2022-06-16 TOIP - > "Let’s talk about the future of digital identity! Decentralized Identity will empower users to maintain control over their data and allow organizations to reap the benefits of being able to share trusted, verifiable identity data. The coexistence with traditional IAM will bring huge benefits to organizations who adopt." - Gabe Albert - ### As a Service * [Self-Sovereign Identity as a Service: Architecture in Practice](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.08314.pdf) 2022-06-02 Yepeng Ding, Hiroyuki Sato, University of Tokyo > We propose a practical architecture by elaborating the service concept, SSI, and DLT to implement SSIaaS platforms and SSI services. Besides, we present an architecture for constructing and customizing SSI services with a set of architectural patterns and provide corresponding evaluations. Furthermore, we demonstrate the feasibility of our proposed architecture in practice with Selfid, an SSIaaS platform based on our proposed architecture. @@ -187,24 +183,21 @@ last_modified_at: 2023-06-18 * [Check out the latest version of our beta prototype in the Appstore for #verifiablecredentials for #LoyaltyPrograms](https://twitter.com/_XPID_/status/1323371035484250113) 2020-11-03 XPID > https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1458328593 When #sovereign #decentralized #identity becomes a reality, your #Loyalty and #loyaltyrewards #Wallet will be on XPID. #SSI -### Business -* [Sellafield DLT Field Lab Harnessing the power of distributed ledger technology: how Digital Catapult’s Field Lab methodology can transform your business](https://condatis.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Digital_Catapult_Sellafield_DLT_Field_Labs_Report_Final-July-22-ver-2.pdf) 2022-07 Condatis - > The nuclear sector presents an exciting opportunity to implement advanced digital technologies for driving operational improvements and cultural transformation. Our DLT Field Labs showed how some of the challenges that seemed perplexing at the start of our journey have been deciphered through innovation and collaboration. -* [Blockchains in HR: Prosoon and Talao go together on SSI and HR credentials](https://medium.com/@talao_io/blockchains-in-hr-prosoon-and-talao-go-together-on-ssi-and-hr-credentials-3b92968011fe) 2022-01-31 Talao - > This partnership will enable the use of Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity technologies such as verifiable credentials to enable the support of diplomas and professional certifications in compliance with personal data in a decentralized environment (#web3). -* [Is the Self-Sovereign digital identity the future digital business registry?](https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/self-sovereign-digital-identity-future-digital-business-registry) 2021-12-17 GORAN VRANIC, ANDREJA MARUSIC; WorldBank - > This rapid digitalization of the private sector exposed a challenge in the business registration paradigm. To use private digital platforms for e-Logistics or e-Commerce, SMEs have to register and confirm their identity with these platforms, despite already being identified in the government business registry. - > ![](https://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/digital_id_blog.jpg) -* [Industry-Grade Self-Sovereign Identity: On the Realisation of a Fully Distributed Self-Sovereign Identity Architecture](https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A32711378-2f6f-452e-b65c-1866c471e934) 2021-08-30 Chotkan, Rowdy TU Delft - > revocation acceptance is at the discretion of individual clients, making our mechanism fully adhere to the principles of Self-Sovereignty. This revocation and verification structure is part of our Industry-Grade Self-Sovereign Identity (IG-SSI) architecture. IG-SSI is a purely academic fully distributed SSI scheme with intrinsic equality across the network. Furthermore, communication is facilitated peer-to-peer, requiring no specialised infrastructure. -* [Exploring Potential Impacts of Self-Sovereign Identity on Smart Service Systems](https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/bis/article/view/68) 2021-04-29 Daniel Richter Dresden, Jürgen Anke - > At the core of our conceptual analysis is the service process, which we extract from a reference model. Based on a SWOT analysis, we identify areas for transformation and derive an SSI-enabled interaction model for an electric vehicle charging service. The evaluation of the new process shows that SSI can reduce complexity of integration with partners and can provide a better customer experience through simplified registration and authentication. -* [literature] [Decentralized SSI Governance, the missing link in automating business decisions](https://identity-economy.de/decentralized-ssi-governance-the-missing-link-in-automating-business-decisions) 2021-01-15 Rieks Joosten, Sterre den Breeijen, Drummond Reed Evernym, TNO - > * Self-sovereign identity could save time and money on bureaucratic processes (form filling and validation) by automating business decisions. - > * Business decisions require governance to ensure the data used for making them qualifies (is valid) for that purpose, and continuously remains compliant with laws, regulations, and company policies (which regularly change). - > * Companies could share this governance burden by supporting communities that support the provisioning of SSI-related assurances for their specific purposes. - > * Such (focused) assurance communities could be supported by tools like credential catalogs and accreditation credentials. We hope this paper inspires SSI proponents to develop not only real SSI infrastructure, but also assurance mechanisms for exchanging qualified data. +### Smart Cities +* [What does it take to develop human-centric solutions for the built environment?](https://mydata.org/2022/05/13/built-for-people/) 2022-05-13 MyData [[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCjW0_NAPmQ)] + > Building better, more human-centric solutions in smart cities starts by realising that citizens and their digital footprints are not merely aspects to monitor and evaluate. They are active participants in the cities we live and work together and need to be engaged in designing better cities and managing the data about themselves. This is not important only for respecting citizens’ rights, but it is crucial to building sustainable services and humane cities. +* [Non-human Personas: Including Nature in the Participatory Design of Smart Cities](http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/50_7.pdf) 2022-01-05 Martin Tomitsch, Joel Fredericks, Dan Vo, Jessica Frawley, Marcus Foth + > this article assesses how the personas method can be adapted to include morethan-human perspectives in the design process. Based on a case study, which involved designing smart urban furniture for human and non-human use, we introduce a framework for developing and employing non-human personas. As a key element of the framework, we describe a middle-out approach for forming a coalition that can speak on behalf of the non-human species that are impacted by design decisions. +* [Catalysing transformative change: new project to produce innovative services in smart cities](https://mydata.org/2021/09/02/catalysing-transformative-change-new-project-to-produce-innovative-services-in-smart-cities/) 2021-09-02 MyData + > “Cities around the world are racing ahead to be smarter by taking ethical approaches to personal data”, explains Teemu Ropponen, General Manager of MyData Global “MyData Global is a centre of excellence for personal data management expertise, with the H3C project we are bringing together city administrations, companies and individuals to find solutions that put people in control of their personal data” +* [Data Co-Operatives through Data Sovereignty](https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/3/62) 2021-08-15 Igor Calzada + > This article illustrates an open debate in data governance and the data justice field related to current trends and challenges in smart cities, resulting in a new approach advocated for and recently coined by the UN-Habitat programme ‘People-Centred Smart Cities’. +* [Training: Building smart cities services 2.0](https://oldwww.mydata.org/h3c/) 2021-08 MyData + > You will learn about business models, compliance with complex regulatory regimes, standards, and governance mechanisms. You will be connected with EU funding opportunities, and you will learn how to build successful partnerships with companies and cities +* [Smart cities need user centric digital id to be built on foundational principles](https://diacc.ca/2019/11/22/smart-cities-need-user-centric-digital-id-to-be-built-on-foundational-principles/) 2019-11 + > DIACC firmly believes in user-centred digital ID – designed to prioritize and require user choice, control and consent regarding access to collect and manage data. As Sidewalk Labs looks to move forward in their work in Waterfront Toronto, we reiterate the importance of these principles as foundational to the empowerment of a digital society that works for all Canadians. ### Gaming * [Self-Sovereign Identity for Online Gaming, VR, & AR – Crucible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd2YdxJ-LWA) 2020-08-04 Evernym > Crucible's CEO (Ryan Gill) and CTO (Toby Tremayne) for a discussion on what self-sovereign identity (SSI) and verifiable credentials mean for gaming and the greater online entertainment sector. + diff --git a/_posts/development/2023-06-30-business.md b/_posts/development/2023-06-30-business.md index 60678229..ff52a96a 100644 --- a/_posts/development/2023-06-30-business.md +++ b/_posts/development/2023-06-30-business.md @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ last_modified_at: 2023-06-30 ## General * [Top 8 Identity Challenges After an Merger and Acquisition](https://www.radiantlogic.com/blog/top-8-identity-challenges-after-an-ma/) 2022-06-20 RadiantLogic > If you’re on the IT team, your headaches are just beginning as you’ll be responsible for integrating the new employees into your current tech and identity stack. You’ll be faced with multiple identity sources, a new identity governance and administration (IGA) solution to look at, various LDAP and Active Directory (AD) data sources to deal with, and several cloud applications that use various single sign-on (SSO) solutions to federate identity. +* [Industry-Grade Self-Sovereign Identity: On the Realisation of a Fully Distributed Self-Sovereign Identity Architecture](https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A32711378-2f6f-452e-b65c-1866c471e934) 2021-08-30 Chotkan, Rowdy TU Delft + > revocation acceptance is at the discretion of individual clients, making our mechanism fully adhere to the principles of Self-Sovereignty. This revocation and verification structure is part of our Industry-Grade Self-Sovereign Identity (IG-SSI) architecture. IG-SSI is a purely academic fully distributed SSI scheme with intrinsic equality across the network. Furthermore, communication is facilitated peer-to-peer, requiring no specialised infrastructure. * [Seven Ways Self-Sovereign Identity Can Enable True Digital Transformation](https://www.evernym.com/blog/self-sovereign-identity-digital-transformation/) 2021-03-12 Evernym > “Self-Sovereign Identity not only presents an opportunity for businesses to build smarter, more secure, and more scalable relationships with customers; but it will enable them to completely rethink how they build trusted digital relationships from the ground up.” > @@ -66,6 +68,23 @@ last_modified_at: 2023-06-30 * [On Self-Sovereign Identity: What's the Business Value of SSI?](https://hackernoon.com/self-sovereign-identity-what-is-the-business-value-uq6l36wh) 2019-11-29 Hackernoon > To businesses, immediate value comes from removal of the costly and challenging GDPR compliance. [Forbes reports](https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliversmith/2018/05/02/the-gdpr-racket-whos-making-money-from-this-9bn-business-shakedown/) that in 2018 in the UK alone $1,1 billion was spent by companies on GDPR preparation, while US companies allocated over $7.8 billion on protecting customers’ personal information. +## Use Cases +* [Sellafield DLT Field Lab Harnessing the power of distributed ledger technology: how Digital Catapult’s Field Lab methodology can transform your business](https://condatis.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Digital_Catapult_Sellafield_DLT_Field_Labs_Report_Final-July-22-ver-2.pdf) 2022-07 Condatis + > The nuclear sector presents an exciting opportunity to implement advanced digital technologies for driving operational improvements and cultural transformation. Our DLT Field Labs showed how some of the challenges that seemed perplexing at the start of our journey have been deciphered through innovation and collaboration. +* [Blockchains in HR: Prosoon and Talao go together on SSI and HR credentials](https://medium.com/@talao_io/blockchains-in-hr-prosoon-and-talao-go-together-on-ssi-and-hr-credentials-3b92968011fe) 2022-01-31 Talao + > This partnership will enable the use of Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity technologies such as verifiable credentials to enable the support of diplomas and professional certifications in compliance with personal data in a decentralized environment (#web3). +* [Is the Self-Sovereign digital identity the future digital business registry?](https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/self-sovereign-digital-identity-future-digital-business-registry) 2021-12-17 GORAN VRANIC, ANDREJA MARUSIC; WorldBank + > This rapid digitalization of the private sector exposed a challenge in the business registration paradigm. To use private digital platforms for e-Logistics or e-Commerce, SMEs have to register and confirm their identity with these platforms, despite already being identified in the government business registry. + > ![](https://blogs.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/digital_id_blog.jpg) +* [Exploring Potential Impacts of Self-Sovereign Identity on Smart Service Systems](https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/bis/article/view/68) 2021-04-29 Daniel Richter Dresden, Jürgen Anke + > At the core of our conceptual analysis is the service process, which we extract from a reference model. Based on a SWOT analysis, we identify areas for transformation and derive an SSI-enabled interaction model for an electric vehicle charging service. The evaluation of the new process shows that SSI can reduce complexity of integration with partners and can provide a better customer experience through simplified registration and authentication. +* [literature] [Decentralized SSI Governance, the missing link in automating business decisions](https://identity-economy.de/decentralized-ssi-governance-the-missing-link-in-automating-business-decisions) 2021-01-15 Rieks Joosten, Sterre den Breeijen, Drummond Reed Evernym, TNO + > * Self-sovereign identity could save time and money on bureaucratic processes (form filling and validation) by automating business decisions. + > * Business decisions require governance to ensure the data used for making them qualifies (is valid) for that purpose, and continuously remains compliant with laws, regulations, and company policies (which regularly change). + > * Companies could share this governance burden by supporting communities that support the provisioning of SSI-related assurances for their specific purposes. + > * Such (focused) assurance communities could be supported by tools like credential catalogs and accreditation credentials. We hope this paper inspires SSI proponents to develop not only real SSI infrastructure, but also assurance mechanisms for exchanging qualified data. + + ## Economics * [Building a Relationship Economy](https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2022/02/11/building-a-relationship-economy/) 2022-02-11 Doc Searls > Is there something new that open source development methods and values can bring to the economy? How about something old? @@ -132,3 +151,4 @@ last_modified_at: 2023-06-30 > NSF is introducing a new program called "Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems" (POSE).  The purpose of the program is to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance. Many NSF-funded research projects result in publicly accessible, modifiable, and distributable open-sourced software, hardware or data platforms that catalyze further innovation. * [Deadline 2023-09-07] [Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE)](https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pathways-enable-open-source-ecosystems-pose) National Science Foundation > Supports the facilitation, creation and growth of open-source ecosystems for the creation of new technology solutions. + diff --git a/unsorted/companies/id-not-ssi.md b/unsorted/companies/id-not-ssi.md index 227f5945..e8ffb7e2 100644 --- a/unsorted/companies/id-not-ssi.md +++ b/unsorted/companies/id-not-ssi.md @@ -175,3 +175,7 @@ That includes companies that are trying to prevent digital fraud, as well as com * [xkcd: PGP](https://xkcd.com/1181/) +### IAM +* [Video] [IAM and SSI: A Combined Approach to Digital Identity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzzg4cbj3mI) 2022-06-16 TOIP + > "Let’s talk about the future of digital identity! Decentralized Identity will empower users to maintain control over their data and allow organizations to reap the benefits of being able to share trusted, verifiable identity data. The coexistence with traditional IAM will bring huge benefits to organizations who adopt." - Gabe Albert + diff --git a/unsorted/organization.md b/unsorted/organization.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7cd49149 --- /dev/null +++ b/unsorted/organization.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +published: false +--- +# Organization +* [Non-binary Thinking will Accelerate Digital Sovereignty (with Rouven Heck)](https://northernblock.io/non-binary-thinking-will-accelerate-digital-sovereignty-with-rouven-heck/) NorthernBlock + > Now, if we take two communities within the SSI space – the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) and the Trust over IP Foundation (ToIP). I will sometimes hear people talking positively about one and negatively about the other. But why is this happening? Don’t we all have the same underlying values? Aren’t we all looking to better our lives through digital sovereignty? + > + > I think the answer to this is clear and we need to get away from thinking in a binary manner about anything in our space. And if you really look at the overlap between both these communities: they are quite large. +* [Testing the fitness of your organisation's preparedness for data](https://www.mydigitalfootprint.com/2021/08/testing-fitness-of-your-organisations.html) MyDigitalFootprint + > How do you determine if your new company is addressing the underlying issues that hold back data from being what they imagine it can be? +* [Global Survey Findings: Current state of SSI](https://iiw.idcommons.net/12O/_Global_Survey_Findings:_Current_state_of_SSI) by Gabriella Laatikainen, Ravikant Agrawal +* [Working Spaces Are Ecosystems Too!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfBoUDNcyW4) Autumn Watkinson 2022-03-23 Trust over IP Foundation + > An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.  When you hear that definition, you might priture a pristine nature landscape, but that definition can also apply to how businesses, individual or organization interact with one and other.  This talk is about natural ecosystem and how we can adapt nature's lessons to our industry ecosystems. + +* [Crossfunctionality](https://docs.centre.io/blog/crossfunctionationality) Juan Caballero, Centre + > Real progress is made by rich, cross-disciplinary teams and heterogeneous coalitions coming together to attack hard problems from every angle at once. +* [Decentralized governance for SSI and Blockchains with Lawrence Lundy-Bryan](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/decentralized-governance-for-ssi-and-blockchains-with-lawrence-lundybryan) +## Co-operatives + +* [https://disco.coop/](https://disco.coop/) + +* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Principles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Principles) + > “The earliest mutual organization established in the British North American colonies was created in 1735 in Charleston, SC” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cooperatives_in_the_United_States#18th_century](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cooperatives_in_the_United_States#18th_century) + > + > “The Philadelphia Contributionship mutual insurance company, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1752, is the oldest continuing mutual insurance company in the continental United States. “ + > + > Coop says more about the governance (democracy + open membership) than the business model, IMO + +* [https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2020/08/31/exit-community-community-primer](https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2020/08/31/exit-community-community-primer) 2020-08-31 + +* [https://platform.coop](https://platform.coop) + +A cooperative is defined as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. + +Working through this now: more of a playbook [https://elements.disco.coop/](https://elements.disco.coop/) + +* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYb9bUyIPEw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYb9bUyIPEw) diff --git a/unsorted/organizations/organization.md b/unsorted/organizations/organizations.md similarity index 74% rename from unsorted/organizations/organization.md rename to unsorted/organizations/organizations.md index a9ad7d44..db146280 100644 --- a/unsorted/organizations/organization.md +++ b/unsorted/organizations/organizations.md @@ -2,42 +2,6 @@ published: false --- -# Organization - -* [Non-binary Thinking will Accelerate Digital Sovereignty (with Rouven Heck)](https://northernblock.io/non-binary-thinking-will-accelerate-digital-sovereignty-with-rouven-heck/) NorthernBlock - > Now, if we take two communities within the SSI space – the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) and the Trust over IP Foundation (ToIP). I will sometimes hear people talking positively about one and negatively about the other. But why is this happening? Don’t we all have the same underlying values? Aren’t we all looking to better our lives through digital sovereignty? - > - > I think the answer to this is clear and we need to get away from thinking in a binary manner about anything in our space. And if you really look at the overlap between both these communities: they are quite large. -* [Testing the fitness of your organisation's preparedness for data](https://www.mydigitalfootprint.com/2021/08/testing-fitness-of-your-organisations.html) MyDigitalFootprint - > How do you determine if your new company is addressing the underlying issues that hold back data from being what they imagine it can be? -* [Global Survey Findings: Current state of SSI](https://iiw.idcommons.net/12O/_Global_Survey_Findings:_Current_state_of_SSI) by Gabriella Laatikainen, Ravikant Agrawal -* [Working Spaces Are Ecosystems Too!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfBoUDNcyW4) Autumn Watkinson 2022-03-23 Trust over IP Foundation - > An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.  When you hear that definition, you might priture a pristine nature landscape, but that definition can also apply to how businesses, individual or organization interact with one and other.  This talk is about natural ecosystem and how we can adapt nature's lessons to our industry ecosystems. - -* [Crossfunctionality](https://docs.centre.io/blog/crossfunctionationality) Juan Caballero, Centre - > Real progress is made by rich, cross-disciplinary teams and heterogeneous coalitions coming together to attack hard problems from every angle at once. -* [Decentralized governance for SSI and Blockchains with Lawrence Lundy-Bryan](https://www.slideshare.net/SSIMeetup/decentralized-governance-for-ssi-and-blockchains-with-lawrence-lundybryan) -## Co-operatives - -* [https://disco.coop/](https://disco.coop/) - -* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Principles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Principles) - > “The earliest mutual organization established in the British North American colonies was created in 1735 in Charleston, SC” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cooperatives_in_the_United_States#18th_century](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cooperatives_in_the_United_States#18th_century) - > - > “The Philadelphia Contributionship mutual insurance company, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1752, is the oldest continuing mutual insurance company in the continental United States. “ - > - > Coop says more about the governance (democracy + open membership) than the business model, IMO - -* [https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2020/08/31/exit-community-community-primer](https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2020/08/31/exit-community-community-primer) 2020-08-31 - -* [https://platform.coop](https://platform.coop) - -A cooperative is defined as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. - -Working through this now: more of a playbook [https://elements.disco.coop/](https://elements.disco.coop/) - -* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYb9bUyIPEw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYb9bUyIPEw) - ## iiw * [@IDWorkshop (IIW) tweeting from the Flickr Archives](https://twitter.com/idworkshop/status/1471905005556822017?s=20) diff --git a/unsorted/smart-cities.md b/unsorted/smart-cities.md deleted file mode 100644 index bf52991b..00000000 --- a/unsorted/smart-cities.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -* [Non-human Personas: Including Nature in the Participatory Design of Smart Cities](http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/50_7.pdf) 2022-01-05 Martin Tomitsch, Joel Fredericks, Dan Vo, Jessica Frawley, Marcus Foth - > this article assesses how the personas method can be adapted to include morethan-human perspectives in the design process. Based on a case study, which involved designing smart urban furniture for human and non-human use, we introduce a framework for developing and employing non-human personas. As a key element of the framework, we describe a middle-out approach for forming a coalition that can speak on behalf of the non-human species that are impacted by design decisions. -* [What does it take to develop human-centric solutions for the built environment?](https://mydata.org/2022/05/13/built-for-people/) 2022-05-13 MyData [[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCjW0_NAPmQ)] - > Building better, more human-centric solutions in smart cities starts by realising that citizens and their digital footprints are not merely aspects to monitor and evaluate. They are active participants in the cities we live and work together and need to be engaged in designing better cities and managing the data about themselves. This is not important only for respecting citizens’ rights, but it is crucial to building sustainable services and humane cities. -* [Smart cities need user centric digital id to be built on foundational principles](https://diacc.ca/2019/11/22/smart-cities-need-user-centric-digital-id-to-be-built-on-foundational-principles/) 2019-11 - > DIACC firmly believes in user-centred digital ID – designed to prioritize and require user choice, control and consent regarding access to collect and manage data. As Sidewalk Labs looks to move forward in their work in Waterfront Toronto, we reiterate the importance of these principles as foundational to the empowerment of a digital society that works for all Canadians. -* [Catalysing transformative change: new project to produce innovative services in smart cities](https://mydata.org/2021/09/02/catalysing-transformative-change-new-project-to-produce-innovative-services-in-smart-cities/) 2021-09-02 MyData - > “Cities around the world are racing ahead to be smarter by taking ethical approaches to personal data”, explains Teemu Ropponen, General Manager of MyData Global “MyData Global is a centre of excellence for personal data management expertise, with the H3C project we are bringing together city administrations, companies and individuals to find solutions that put people in control of their personal data” -* [Data Co-Operatives through Data Sovereignty](https://www.mdpi.com/2624-6511/4/3/62) 2021-08-15 Igor Calzada - > This article illustrates an open debate in data governance and the data justice field related to current trends and challenges in smart cities, resulting in a new approach advocated for and recently coined by the UN-Habitat programme ‘People-Centred Smart Cities’. -* [Training: Building smart cities services 2.0](https://oldwww.mydata.org/h3c/) 2021-08 MyData - > You will learn about business models, compliance with complex regulatory regimes, standards, and governance mechanisms. You will be connected with EU funding opportunities, and you will learn how to build successful partnerships with companies and cities