Letter of Application using the Transitive Trust Process to join
WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network
WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) Secretariat
World Health Organization
by email only to:
[email protected]
To: GDHCN Secretariat
With the recognition that:
the EU established a framework and a system for the issuance, verification and acceptance of
interoperable COVID-19 certificates entitled ‘EU Digital COVID Certificate’ (EU DCC);
WHO has established a freely available global certification system for its Member States that is
based on the EU DCC trust framework, principles and open technologies under its own structure,
the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN);
the EU DCC and GDHCN systems are based on a common set of open technologies and open-
source projects to ensure the compatibility of the GDHCN with systems currently connected to
the EU DCC system; and
WHO will not store, process, transmit or otherwise have access to personal data (including
COVID-19 Certificate Revocation lists) through the operation of the GDHCN.
As a duly authorized representative of the WHO Member State indicated below, I hereby confirm the will
and intent of that WHO Member State to participate in and join the GDHCN for COVID-19 Certificates. I
hereby confirm the Member State’s readiness and intent to:
comply with Ethical principles and data protection considerations outlined in Section 2 of:
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Digital_certificates-vaccination-
2021.1 and in particular ensure that the personal data contained in the certificates issued shall
be processed only for the purpose of accessing and verifying the information included in the
certificate, shall be limited to what is strictly necessary for the intended use case, and shall not
be retained longer than is strictly necessary (it being reminded that WHO will not have access to
such personal data);
comply with standards, security requirements and technological systems and processes for the
WHO GDHCN as described in:
https://worldhealthorganization.github.io/smart-trust/index.html;
ensure that COVID-19 certificates issued can be verified for their authenticity, validity and
integrity utilizing the WHO GDHCN;
follow the Transitive Trust Onboarding Process which may be found at:
https://worldhealthorganization.github.io/smart-trust/concepts_onboarding.html;
authorise the transfer to and utilization by WHO of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) public key
certificate used for the national backend connection with the EC DCC Gateway; and
provide additional information, feedback and organizational support as needed to ensure
successful connection to and utilization of the GDHCN as part of the uptake of the EU DCC
Gateway.
With this application we acknowledge that the terms and conditions under which the GDHCN operates
may evolve and which may necessitate future agreement to those terms and conditions.
Representative submitting this application form
Member State ESTONIA
Name of institution Ministry of Social Affairs
Name, Surname Riina Sikkut
Function Minister
Postal address Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number (372) 626 9301
Date and signature
Date and place
Signature
Accountable entities
Business Owner contact
Name of institution Ministry of Social Affairs
Name, Surname Jaanika Merilo
Function Adviser
Postal address Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number (372) 626 9301
Technical contacts
Name of institution Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre
Name, Surname Artur Novek; Kristiina Kauer
Function IT architect; project manager
Postal address Pärnu mnt 132, 11317 Tallinn
Email address
[email protected];
[email protected]
Phone number +372 7943 943
Legal contact
Name of institution Ministry of Social Affairs
Name, Surname Raili Sillart
Function Adviser
Postal address Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number (372) 626 9301