On May 20, 2016 the United Nations held the first ID2020 summit in New York, which is now held annually. The United Nations recognizes “identity as a fundamental human right“, and ID2020 is a strategic, global initiative launched in response to Sustainable Development Goal 16.9., with the aim “by 2030, provide legal identity to all, including birth registration” [1]
“Together we will foster a global conversation and build a working coalition to identify and build the enabling conditions for the creation of a legal digital identity for all individuals at risk“. The UN claims that one fifth of the worlds population is without a recognised legal ID which makes them “invisible to society and vulnerable to trafficking, prostitution, and child abuse.”
Then the ID2020 Alliance launched in 2017 as a global public-private partnership setting the future course of digital identity (ID), ensuring that digital identity is responsibly implemented and widely accessible, as they state no government, company or agency can solve this challenge alone. Its partners include Microsoft, the Rockefeller Foundation, Accenture, GAVI (a core partner of the WHO), UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank. [2, 3]