Mission Billion

Deadline: 2019-02-24
Award: $100,000
Open to: Everyone*

Despite significant progress in recent years, one billion people are still unable to prove their identity, and millions more have forms of identification that cannot be reliably verified or authenticated. In a digital age, the lack of verifiable identification often results in exclusion from economic opportunities and a variety of social and political rights.

The Initiative will start with an issue at the heart of digital identification design. Privacy and user empowerment of their identification. As countries and development partners strive to provide identification to millions of people, there is an opportunity to inform the design of digital identification systems to enhance data protection and provide individuals with greater control over their personal data. The Challenge aims to surface practical and cost-effective ‘privacy by design’ features that can be embedded into digital identification systems.