Who We Are
About the GDN Network
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.
The GDN Network represents a group of people who are committed to advancing citizen mobility through the ethical, standards based digitization of documents and credential data exchange.
Over a Decade of Contributing to the Digital Ecosystem to Support Education Access and Inclusivity
Mission
Aiming to deliver on digital student data portability
The Groningen Declaration brings together key stakeholders through a declaration of intent. Signatories cooperate on a voluntary basis, seeking not primarily standardization but rather convergence. The main goal of the Groningen Declaration, which first opened for signatures on 16 April 2012, is to develop best practices and globally-accepted standards for secure, citizen-centered consultation and portability of digital student data.
Vision
Towards a trusted digital student data ecosystem
In 2020, the GDN Network constitutes a global, broad and interconnected ecosystem including large digital student data depositories, educational institutions, government bodies, and other stakeholders. Participants in this ecosystem work together on the safe administration, processing, consultation, transfer exchange acceptance and recognition of digital student data in addition to appropriately verified paper-based records, using the best standards and technology available, in order to guarantee trust in this digital student data ecosystem.
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About the GDN Network
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