BlockStand

About the Project:

Blockchain is a crucial technology to the EU’s industrial leadership on the international level. The project BlockStand supports the increased participation of European experts in Blockchain and DLT (Distributed Ledger Technologies) standardisation activities.

The project aims to create an online blockchain community comprised of all stakeholders, that shall engage in continuous collaboration and exchange of ideas to bolster the European Union’s leadership in the field. BlockStand has three core objectives:

- Support the implementation of the European Commission’s Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation chapters on blockchain,
- Reinforce links with the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP) and the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), at strategic, operational, technical, practical and educational levels,
- Support the participation of European experts in international and European Standards Developing Organisations, through a selection process whereby experts are funded for proposed contributions.
 
Through the completion of its objectives, BlockStand will not only enable European leadership in global blockchain standardisation but will also ensure that internationally used blockchain standards reflect European values and needs. By coordinating experts’ input and reflecting industrial needs in blockchain standardisation activities, the project is an essential means to prop up Europe’s strategic autonomy. 
 

Experts Selection

Throughout the project, a continuous, open, and inclusive selection of experts (with focus on SMEs, R&I, and EBSI experts) will financially support their participation in blockchain and DLT standardisation. The submission portal is open for a continuous rolling-on submission. Experts are welcome to submit their application from 3 of August 2023 to 15 February 2025. Applications are free of charge and will be evaluated periodically. Check eligibility criteria in the Guidelines for applicants and apply here.
 

SBS role:

SBS engagement involves actively participating in various aspects of blockchain standardisation, including analyzing stakeholder needs and map standardisation activities, with a focus on the SME perspective. SBS will create a questionnaire for SMEs providers and users of blockchain solutions and will organise interactive online workshops with SME experts and their representative associations from different sectors in order to discuss and identify the needs related to blockchain technology and standardsation to with recommendations. Additionally, SBS will contribute to facilitating experts engagement and contributions, and promoting blockchain standardisation through events and dissemination activities.

 

Project Consortium:

Funded by the European Union in the framework of the Digital Europe funding programme, BlockStand is a project coordinated by the European Digital SME Alliance (BE) with the partnership of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications –INATBA (BE), the talian national standardisation body for information technologies and their applications – UNINFO (IT), and Small Business Standards (BE).

 

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