Call for Expression of Interest for experts – Open Call #1

Expression of interest: EVALUATORS for TRUSTCHAIN OC#1 - CLOSED!

Calling all experts with experience in evaluating EU funded projects

TRUSTCHAIN aims to set up an External Poll of Evaluators (EPE) to support the review process of the proposals received from the first TRUSTCHAIN open call – Decentralised Digital Identity.

The EPE gathers a set of recognized independent experts highly knowledgeable on different NGI relevant topics and application domains at the intersection between the technical field ( e.g Software Engineering, Network Security, Semantic Web, Cryptography, Blockchain, Digital Twin, Blockchain Security, Blockchain Protocol, Digital Identity, Verifiable Credentials, Decentralised Reputation System), the Social sciences and Humanities (e.g Social Innovation, not-for-profit sector, Social Entrepreneurship, public goods) as well as any others including economics, environment, art, design, which can contribute to NGI TRUSTCHAIN relevant vision.

Their selection is based on an open process to ensure transparent and consistent evaluation of the applications.

HOW TO APPLY?

Expression of interest will be handled using the F6S platform.

Submission of the expression of interest was possible from March 6th until 3rd of April, 2023 (17:00 CEST)

EVALUATORS PROFILE

We are looking for experts with experience in evaluating EU funded projects and a proven track record in the technical and social science areas corresponding to the NGI TRUSTCHAIN Open Call 1 objectives:

Develop a framework for decentralized user-centric identity management
Develop protocols for trustworthiness of entities by means of verifiable credentials and decentralized reputation systems,
To ensure identity attributes are disclosed only with the informed consent from the data owner (i.e., data minimization requirement of GDPR),
Develop smart oracles to assess the trustworthiness of data fed to blockchain smart-contracts fetched from external systems. [identity-related explanation]
Applications should cover real needs of the end-users in one of the sectors such as for example banking, education, healthcare or e-democracy.

Need more information regarding the open call? Please visit the open call dedicated webpage: https://trustchain.ngi.eu/open-call-1/

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR THE EVALUATORS?

Get to know innovative solutions for a better share of knowledge and value on the Internet
Get to know active players in the digital identity, verifiable credentials and decentralized reputation domains as well in the related business domain.
Play a role in the selection of Innovators
Be reimbursed for evaluation work
Be an important part of the TRUSTCHAIN project and related ecosystem

SERVICES REQUIRED

Services will be provided remotely and will involve evaluation of the applications received, participation in remote consensus meetings as well as in the panel meeting to establish a ranking list of the evaluated proposals. All evaluators will be required to sign a non-conflict of interest declaration and a contract with the TRUSTCHAIN project coordinator, before being accepted to evaluate a specific application.

REMUNERATION

Evaluators will be reimbursed for their time and effort based on the number of proposals evaluated, with each proposal corresponding to a value of €50, considering 1 hour to evaluate each proposal.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please note that this expression of interest to participate in the TRUSTCHAIN Open Call 1 – “Decentralised Digital Identity” evaluation as an external expert is NOT binding and does NOT constitute any commitment to the TRUSTCHAIN project.

The selection of the evaluators to support TRUSTCHAIN in the evaluation of the Open Call will be taken at a later stage, since it depends on the number of received proposals, their origin, the domain that they target as well as the origin of the potential evaluators, their affiliations, their expertise and the balance between various criteria (e.g. gender, background, affiliation type, age, expertise etc.). Furthermore, it is mandatory to frequently change experts that support in the evaluations of proposals.

Need more information? Feel free to get in touch: trustchain@ngi.eu and we’ll get back to you shortly!