The European Digital Identity Wallet is the most ambitious identity project the EU has ever launched.

The European Digital Identity Wallet is the most ambitious identity project the EU has ever launched. The standards aren't finished yet.

Across Europe, governments and vendors are racing to build, pilot, and deploy EUDI Wallets. The political momentum is enormous. The technical ambition is unprecedented. The timelines are aggressive.

And the normative framework that will determine whether these wallets are interoperable, secure, and trustworthy across 27 member states is still being written.

This is not a criticism. Standards development takes time precisely because it must reconcile competing national approaches, technical architectures, and policy priorities. Rushing a standard produces a standard that gets revised — or ignored.

But it creates a real problem for governments building procurement specifications today and vendors investing in product development now. What do you build against when the target is still moving?

The answer is not to wait. It is to be inside the room where the framework is taking shape — or to work with someone who is.

SECOIA has expert members of CEN TC224 WG20, one of the working groups developing and reviewing the technical standards for European Digital Identity Wallets. We track what is converging, what remains contested, and what the current drafts mean for implementation timelines.

The wallet will only be as trusted as the standards behind it. The question is whether you’re building against where the standard is — or where you hope it will be.

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SECOIA Executive Consultants Ltd is a Swiss boutique consultancy specialising in identity management, border security, biometrics, secure documents, and ePassports. The firm holds active memberships in ICAO ICBWG, ISO/IEC, and CEN standardisation bodies.

We welcome dialogue with professionals navigating these questions. Reach out through our website , arrange for a meeting or connect with us on LinkedIn.

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