Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Electronic Signatures, Public Key Infrastructure, and Digital Trust

As governments and businesses are shifting to digital modes of service delivery, ensuring trust in electronic transactions is crucial. Electronic signatures (e-signatures) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) play a foundational role in securing digital interactions, providing authentication, integrity, and legal recognition for transactions in the digital world. As such, they are an essential part of a country’s digital public infrastructure (DPI).

This webinar will provide an overview of the key policy, legal, and technical considerations for implementing high-trust e-signatures and PKI as DPI. The specific objectives are as follows:

• Clarify the role of PKI and e-signatures in securing digital transactions

• Provide practical insights into the operational implementation of trust services

• Showcase country experiences, governance models, and real-world deployment

• Facilitate dialogue on cross-border recognition and next steps for global trust frameworks

• We also encourage you to explore the two papers introduced during the session, which are publicly available on the World Bank’s Open Knowledge Repository:

• Electronic Signatures: Enabling Trusted Digital Transformation
• Public Key Infrastructure: Implementing High-Trust Electronic Signatures

 

WHEN: May 13, 2025

WHERE: Virtual