For ministries, regulators, professional chambers and other organisations responsible for accreditation.
For organisations developing credential issuing, wallet and verification services.
A shared trust registry
Authorise organisations to issue specific credentials.
Define the scope of issuing authority within your accreditation framework.
Establish accreditation responsibilities across organisations.
Authorise accrediting bodies to accredit issuers within their permitted scope.
Keep issuer authorisations verifiable as they change.
Record revocations so relying parties can check whether an accreditation remains valid.
CAPABILITIES
EBSI provides registries for recording issuer accreditations and defining the credential structures used within an ecosystem.
Define who is authorised to issue which credentials.
Register accreditation relationships, delegate issuing permissions and record revocations within a trust chain.
Example: An education authority authorises universities to issue diplomas and can revoke that authorisation.
Define the structure of credentials within your ecosystem.
Register agreed credential schemas so relying parties can check that credentials follow the expected format and structure.
Example: Universities use a common schema to issue verifiable diplomas.
How it works
A root authority defines the accreditation structure, identifies participating organisations and sets the scope of issuing permissions.
Why EBSI
Operated through a network of European nodes, endorsed by Member States.
Open standards enable verification across systems, organisations and borders.
Connect existing applications to EBSI services through APIs and developer tools.
Built for developers
The complete implementation is available under the EUPL. Run the same software locally, explore the APIs, validate your integration and connect to the shared European trust layer when you're ready.
Verida helps manufacturers share information about a product's materials, origin and lifecycle in a way that buyers, auditors and authorities can independently check, using EBSI as a shared trust layer.
Eurostat is exploring how EBSI can help achieve the independent authentication of published datasets — so researchers, journalists, auditors, and policy analysts can verify the figures they rely on.
The Decentralised EU Securities Service (DEUSS) is a financial infrastructure that connects strategic SMEs directly with investors throughout the European Union. The project explores how EBSI can support digital bond issuance for SMEs by making issuer, investor, and bond information easier to verify across borders.
Yes. Integration is through APIs, alongside the systems you already operate. Publishing your accreditations as a trust chain on EBSI makes them checkable outside your own network.
The root authority at the top of each chain decides who joins it and what they may issue. EBSI makes those decisions verifiable. Each relying party chooses which root authorities it accepts.
Onboarding is on request through our team. Organisations receive a registered identifier and authorisation to use the APIs.
