The WEF had already developed a digital passport in 2018, which can be expanded with the current Covid certificate / vaccination pass

The World Economic Forum recently published a report entitled Accelerating the Transition to Digital Credentials for Travel . In 2018 it developed a digital passport called “Known Digital Traveler Identity” (KDTI). This digital passport can be expanded to include the corona vaccination certificate. (To be found on page 5 of the PDF )

And who is the partner in this project? It is a partnership between the WEF and the governments of the Netherlands and Canada. The aim of the project is to “develop a new vision for cross-border travel and create a trustworthy, shared and mutually beneficial system with the traveler at the center”.

The report notes that the Covid pandemic has rocked aviation, travel and tourism and accelerated the digital transformation that the industry has begun. Since vaccination or negative tests are now required for cross-border travel, the demand for digital accreditations is skyrocketing. Described in PDF for download on the WEF website.

The KDTI can, for example, be expanded to include the corona vaccination certificate, the report says. The WEF works in this area with the Dutch government, Schiphol and KLM, among others.

“Take a look at that!” Writes FVD member Pepijn van Houwelingen from the Netherlands on Twitter. He marked some important passages in the report.

Look at this! In 2018, the WEF developed a “Known Digital Traveler Identity” digital passport, which, according to the WEF, could be expanded to include “COVID-19 vaccination certificates”.