Re: Groningen Declaration

Sunny,

This is important information, thank you.  The Groningen Declaration is, it
seems, strongly supportive of a number of the use cases we reviewed this
past Tuesday.   I was not aware of it, but this is a good find.  In
discussions with the IMS Global executive director, Rob Abel, this week
there was mention of AACRAO, I can ask for an introduction from Rob to
Michael Reilly to raise his awareness/interest, if the group wants.

Mark

*Mark Leuba*
Managing Director
Pathway Technology Partners
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On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Sunny Lee <sunny@badgealliance.org> wrote:

> I'm currently in DC to attend EDiNTEROP hosted by PESC to give a basic
> badges talk.
>
> In one of the announcements, I learned about the Groningen Declaration.
> Cut and paste below:
>
> ===================
>
> GRONINGEN DECLARATION AND NEXT GENERATION TOPICS FEATURED AT EDiNTEROP –
> PESC’S 1ST ANNUAL DATA SYMPOSIUM & SUMMIT
>
> “INTERNATIONAL PORTABILITY OF EDUCATION DATA" TO SHOWCASE WORLDWIDE USE OF
> PESC APPROVED STANDARDS
>
> Washington, D.C.    The Board of Directors of PESC is pleased to announce
> "The Groningen Declaration" as Keynote Presentation for "EDiNTEROP" –
> PESC’s 1st Annual Data Symposium and Summit scheduled for October 8-10,
> 2014 at the Liaison Capitol Hill, An Affinia Hotel in Washington, D.C.
>
> Herman de Leeuw, Secretary of the Groningen Declaration Network, DUO -
> Education Executive Agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Education,
> Science and Culture, will present the Keynote Address on Wednesday morning
> October 8, 2014.  The Groningen Declaration is the declaration of intent
> signed on April 16, 2012 in Groningen, the Netherlands, at the closure of
> the Global Founding Seminar Digital Student Data Depositories Worldwide.
>
> Digital Student Data Depositories Worldwide, or The Groningen Declaration
> as the initiative has come to be known, aims to bring about mobility, to
> foster development of best practices and globally accepted standards for
> the secure, citizen centered consultation of educational data allowing
> globally mobile citizens to share their authentic educational data with
> whomever they want, whenever they want, wherever.
>
> The inaugural meeting in 2012 was broadened in 2013 with a meeting in
> Beijing, then in 2014 with a meeting at Georgetown University in
> Washington, D.C.  The next annual meeting is being held May 4-6, 2015 at
> the University of Malaga in Spain.
>
> The growing importance of The Groningen Declaration is signified by the
> number of nations included, from The Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and
> the UK, to Mexico, China, Australia, Romania and South Africa to many
> others, including the United States of America which is represented on the
> Executive Committee by Michael Reilly, Executive Director of the American
> Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO);
> Ricardo Torres, President & CEO of the National Student Clearinghouse; and
> Tom Black, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and University
> Registrar at Stanford University.
>
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>
> I've highlighted the part that is of particular interest considering our
> work within the Credentials CG.
>
> Was wondering if anyone in our cg might be aware of this declaration and
> if there might be cross pollination conversations happening already?
>
> Sunny
>
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