This course provides State authorities with the competencies required to implement a national Visible Digital Seal for Non-Constrained Environments (VDS-NC) solution for travel health proof, in accordance with ICAO Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Parts 9-13.

After successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Articulate the value of implementing a VDS-NC for health proof solution in your State​
• Coordinate VDS-NC policy decisions
• Draft an implementation action plan

• Module 0: Introduction
• Module 1: Value Proposition
• Module 2: Policy Decisions
• Module 3: Action Plan

• Travel Document Issuing Authorities (TDIA)
• Country Signing Certification Authority (if separate from TDIA)
• Public Health Authorities
• Immigration Authorities

They vary from agency to agency.

• Travel Document Issuing Authority (TDIA) – general knowledge and decentralized issuance (so someone who may have experience with TDs being issued at consulates or other remote locations)
• Country Signing Certification Authority (CSCA) Authority – PKI knowledge. This expertise is key regardless of whether the CSCA is internal or external to the TDIA.
• Public Health – someone involved in smart/digital services to the public, especially in response to COVID-19
• Immigration – verification of eMRTDs, managing the import of public key certificates