The accessible, real-time platform for COVID-19 training and testing verification via distributed ledger technology coming by close of Q1 2021
Enterprise DLT creator Billon Group and digital services provider The Gekko Group won a £326,000 grant ($430,000) from Innovate UK’s Sustainable Innovation Fund to develop a digital certification platform accelerating the post-pandemic recovery. This grant follows and builds upon Billon’s successful creation of a prototype certificate under a previous £50,000 Innovate UK grant.
The prototype Right to Work platform, which uses Billon Group’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) blockchain technology, allows businesses and organisations to certify and validate the required onboarding documents, such as medical training, test results or immunity certificates, and store them on the ledger.
The new platform takes it further, delivering three elements:
- Multi-tenant platform powered by Billon’s DLT serving as a back-end for credentials storage and sharing;
- Front-end credential generator for document providers;
- White-labelled mobile wallet for individuals to store and present their certificates using QR codes.
Billon’s Chief Growth Officer David Putts comments:
“We imagine a world where wide-scale training and testing programs allow employees and the population to feel safe in hospitals, airports, or nursing homes – places where staff cannot socially distance themselves easily. By creating the platform as a shared utility, any solution provider or company can offer their own certification program to benefit from the privacy that comes from encrypted, private data secured by our blockchain platform. And by partnering with The Gekko Group, we know we’ll get the most user-friendly interface tailored to the needs of workers, consumers and employers.”
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For public health officials: The platform certifies who has complied with essential standards for returning to work, such as completion of specialised training or a medically established COVID-19 immunity. This makes it possible for medical staff to move between locations and show their training or health status, linked to identity, which saves time and money by eliminating paperwork and background checks.
For employees and consumers: The platform lets them use their phone or other digital device to instantly provide proof of workplace safety training, negative test results, or vaccination.
For employers: The platform provides on-demand verification at entry points, efficiently securing workplaces. Employees just show it on their digital device to access restricted work zones. The immutable certificates also can validate onboarding documents required for compliance processes.
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