A secure, sovereign and resilient digital infrastructure for Europe

EU’s public services are supported by many national, regional and sectoral systems. These systems reflect different responsibilities, legal frameworks and operational needs. As more services become digital and cross-border, institutions need trusted ways to exchange and verify information across them.

EBSI is a shared digital infrastructure operated by Europeum-EDIC on behalf of participating EU Member States. It helps institutions issue, exchange and verify trusted data across borders without replacing existing systems. For example, a diploma issued in Greece can be verified for university admission in Spain, an import declaration can have its traceability verified by customs at Liège airport, a financial security can be issued and exchanged between trusted SMEs, etc.

EBSI is open source, built on open standards, and governed by a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) as European public infrastructure. It connects existing systems so that trusted information can be exchanged and verified across institutions, sectors, and Member States.

EBSI's European wide network of nodes are configured to implement a decentralised architecture to host its Core Technical Services: APIs, Smart Contracts, and the EBSI ledger. Each validator node executes the smart contracts deployed on the ledger, maintaining a parallel copy of the ledger, synchronously with every other node, eliminating single points of failure and control whilst making EBSI's Core Technical Services always available. Anyone can choose to operate an EBSI Node but to ensure the integrity and stability of the network, Node Operators must abide by EBSI's Governance rules and respect its Node Operators General Conditions.

Each node is operated by an independent organisation, enabling neutrality, resilience, and equal access for participants across sectors and countries.