Help Create a Network of Networks
Oct 20 – 22, 2026
The GDN Network is pleased to co-host the GDN Annual Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). Our organizations are bringing together stakeholder representatives from over 100 organisations who participate in the GDN Network and gather at the GDN Annual Meeting to share, learn and lead discussions on developing capabilities, policies and technical platforms to improve data exchange and credential portability in support of citizen and learner mobility
About our Co-hosts
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is the oversight body of the NQF and the custodian of its values and quality character. The role of SAQA, as stipulated in the NQF Act, is to advance the objectives of the NQF, oversee the further development and implementation of the NQF, and co-ordinate the Sub-Frameworks. SAQA’s functions are set out in section 13 of the NQF Act.
The GDN Network is an international, non-profit federated trust located in the Netherlands. It represents a voluntary network of like-minded organizations and individuals that seek to make digital student data portability happen. Its network of thought leaders from around the globe are collaborators who seek to support, advise, and offer innovative changes in the ways we share artifacts of academic learning. The GDN Network seeks common ground in best serving the academic and professional mobility needs of citizens worldwide by bringing together stakeholders in the digital student data ecosystem. It seeks to develop and support best practices and globally accepted standards for safe and citizen-oriented convenings and information exchanges.
Location
Join us at the Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC), located in the heart of Cape Town, for the Annual Meeting
Cape Town International Convention Center, CTICC, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town.
