The Groningen Declaration and Its Relevance for NUAK

The Groningen Declaration and Its Relevance for NUAK Presenter: Herman de Leeuw, Executive Director, GDN Office GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

What’s the GDN Basically All about? • To facilitate “Global Human Capital Mobility”, by making digital learner data accessible to learner himself/herself, enabling learner to consult and share with others • Compliance with privacy (as of May 25, 2018: GDPR) as enabler, with learner in control • Seeking involvement of stakeholders in Digital Learner Data Ecosystem on global level to make this vision a reality GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

GDN’s Itinerary 2001 - Formulation of desirability of Dutch central student data depository 2007 - Involvement in RS 3 G 2007 - Idea promoted and incubated at all EAIE conferences in sessions and workshops ever since 2012 - Based on increasing availibility of central student data depositories , mapping these and creating a network. Goal to have digital student data serve as trusted sources for purpose of mobility and recognition 2016 – Establishment of GDN as a Foundation Seven GDN annual meetings hosted in 5 continents GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Started Out From Own Experience as Credential Evaluator GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Important Initial Driver: Cutting out Fraud GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Document Examination Can Be Fun but Often Remains Inconclusive – How to Authenticate? GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

No More Need for Rubber Stamping, Great as Seal Stamps Sometimes Are GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Better Resources Have Been Around for a While, Sometimes for Decade(s) GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Not Just in The Netherlands but Around the Globe, source UWN, 1 December 2017, issue #485 GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Combining Centrally Administered Data with Learner’s Authentication – Learner Decides Who May Consult GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

GDN’s Basic Formula Annual Meeting: open platform for demonstrations by digital student data depositories, service providers, HEIs and so forth Showcasing viability of digital technologies such as open badges, microcredentials, blockchain etc. Furthering international cooperation in pilots Involving major international organizations – European Commission; IAU; IOM; OECD; UNESCO (and more) All with a view to make GDN stakeholders embrace digitization and thus facilitate business adoption GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

This is Why You Might Take an Interest Admission, credit mobility and graduation concern input, throughput and output of administrative data. Once you start to enrol learners, try to talk the language of millenials and digital natives that have come to expect digital services by default. GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Next Slides - Presenting Some Initiatives GDN is Involved in GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

EMREX – Facilitating Credit Mobility & Recognition GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

EMREX Network, (China Coming Up? ) GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Erasmus without Paper GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Digi. Rec - Dealing with Recognition and Digital Data Aims to systematically explore the connection between digitization of student data and the fair and smooth recognition of foreign qualifications. Steering Committee: Presidents of the ENIC Bureau and of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee; EMREX; Executive Director of the Groningen Declaration Network Project members: ENIC Canada, NARICs of France, Italy, Netherlands (coordinator), Poland Sweden more information GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Swedes Involved from the Very Beginning • Dr. André Hesselbäck, then University of Uppsala, now UHR; trough his involvement in EAIE’s Task Force DSDP, Digital Student Data Portability • Per Zettervall, then VHS, now UHR; through his involvement in RS 3 G and EUNIS GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Swedish Interest so Far Total interest from Sweden: 36 persons HEIs with interest in GDN: Linnaeus (1); Luleå (1); Lund (1); Umeå (7); Uppsala (2). Other organizations with interest in GDN: Confederation of Swedish Enterprises (2); Gartner (1); Ladok (8); UHR (13). GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

NUAK Organizers UHR and LADOK Both GDN Signatories, More Coming Up GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Idea Really Started to Catch On Since 2017 as Apparent from this UWN Article GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Paris Communiqué: Digitalisation now Part of BFUG EHEA Agenda for 2020 GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Come Join Us in Puebla, Mexico, 24 -26 April 2019 GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Reaching out to 1650+ Contacts: GDN Newsletter GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm

Questions? Contact details GDN at NUAK 10 th Annual Meeting, 2 October 2018, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm