Session 6: Facilitation at One Click: Linked Data and Verifiable Credentials Speeding up Trade with Trust

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29 Jan 2026 10:05 11:00

Panel Session

Cross-border trade remains burdened by manual paperwork, redundant data entry, and siloed systems, causing costly delays, as well as risks related to fraud and non-compliance. Linked data and verifiable credentials offer valuable opportunities to eliminate redundant paperwork, automate validation, and accelerate trade through globally interoperable digital trust.

This session will demonstrate how verifiable credentials – digitally signed, tamper-proofdocuments – and linked data – machine-readable connections between datasets – can revolutionize trade facilitation. While verifiable credentials can replace physical certificates with instantly verifiable digital proofs, linked data can automate cross-validation of shipments. Together, they enable “one-click” facilitation and compliance.

Participants will be equipped with the knowledge on how Customs administrations and traders can use this unified approach to slash clearance time, reduce administrative costs, and minimize errors, achieving maximum benefits in cross-border trade.