For policy makers:

D5.3 IMAC provides stakeholder-specific recommendations for DG-EAC, DG-CNECT, DG-EMPL, DG-GROW, and DG-DIGIT addressing regulatory harmonisation, funding coordination, and programme integration.

83% of pilot participants want to continue beyond project completion. The infrastructure is ready.

📄 All deliverables (open access): dc4eu.eu/reports

Co-funded by 🇪🇺 Digital Europe Programme (Grant 101102611)

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Critical: DC4EU strengthens existing governance, doesn't bypass it.

DG-EAC maintains responsibility for primary, secondary, and tertiary education credential schemas. DG-EMPL oversees VET and adult education. National authorities retain competency within their jurisdictions.

The multi-level governance approach ensures European-level coordination for interoperability whilst respecting subsidiarity principles established in founding treaties.

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Key strategic insight:

The hybrid model achieves what no single approach can deliver:

→ Legal entity certainty (via mature PKI)
→ Governance verification (via decentralised registries)
→ Institutional autonomy preservation
→ Scalability without bilateral complexity
→ Privacy-preserving verification

Both machine-verifiable governance AND genuine institutional sovereignty. Not a trade-off.

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6/6 📄 Full documentation available (open standards):

→ D5.3 Sectoral Rulebook: detailed architecture
→ D5.1 Business Blueprint: ROI validation
→ D5.2 DSTRL: 36 case study results

🔗 https://www.dc4eu.eu/reports/

🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union's Digital Europe Programme (Grant Agreement 101102611)

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