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TrustED kicks off pilot phase following a productive meeting in Rome

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VIGO, Spain, 28-Nov-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — TrustED has successfully held its consortium meeting in Rome this week, marking a major milestone as the initiative transitions from research and development to the pilot phase.

The two-day event brought together all consortium made up of 10 organizations from 5 countries (Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany and Turkey) to consolidate technical progress and finalize the roadmap for pilot deployment across multiple European contexts.

During the sessions, the consortium aligned on pilot objectives, interoperability frameworks, and evaluation methods to ensure measurable impact. This milestone represents the beginning of a new stage where TrustED technologies will be tested in real-world environments, validating their effectiveness, usability, and compliance with European data standards.

Additionally, a dedicated session was held with members of the External Advisory Board, including Ignacio Alamillo, Alberto Pedrouzo and Pietro Bartoccioni, who provided strategic insights to strengthen the project’s direction and ensure alignment with emerging European regulations and best practices.

Testing trust in action: real-world use cases for SSI and data spaces

Over the coming months, TrustED will deploy a set of pilots designed to demonstrate how self-sovereign identity (SSI) and trustworthy data spaces can enable secure, privacy-preserving data exchange across sectors.

Each pilot will involve collaboration among citizens, service providers, and data controllers, covering diverse scenarios where digital identity and data governance play a key role. The pilots will test: Data governance and consent management, ensuring users retain full control of their information; Interoperability and standards compliance, enabling data exchange across different identity ecosystems; Privacy-preserving technologies, to minimise exposure of sensitive data; Auditability and transparency, building trust through verifiable and traceable processes.

These demonstrations aim to provide valuable insights into the technical, social, and ethical aspects of deploying SSI in operational environments. The outcomes will guide the future development of interoperable, user-centric data spaces across Europe.

Building Europe’s future of digital trust and data sovereignty

In a time when Europe is intensifying efforts to strengthen digital sovereignty and protect citizens’ privacy, TrustED contributes directly to the European Union’s strategy for secure and trustworthy data ecosystems. According to the European privacy market summary published by KPMG in 2024, 59 % of Europeans reported being more concerned about their privacy than they were five years ago.

Furthermore, the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility published by the European Parliamentary Research Service last year, has allocated over €53 billion to the digitization of public administration and e-government services (more than one-third of its total digital investment). Such large-scale investment reflects the EU’s commitment to building a trustworthy digital society: a goal that TrustED actively advances by combining cutting-edge SSI technologies with privacy-preserving infrastructures.

The discussions held in Rome underscored the partners’ shared commitment to transparency, collaboration, and impact. The project’s multidisciplinary approach (spanning technology, ethics, governance, and user engagement) ensures that the pilots will not only validate innovation but also deliver tangible value for citizens and organisations, while supporting the implementation of the European Digital Identity Framework and the European Strategy for Data.

About Gradiant
Gradiant is a private ICT technology center focused on the needs of industry and specialized in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, advanced communications (5G–6G), quantum and photonic technologies, drones, and smart industry.

Since its founding in 2008, Gradiant has developed more than 900 projects and worked with over 400 clients in 30 countries. With 250 professionals on its team, Gradiant has spent more than 15 years contributing to the strengthening of the technological innovation ecosystem in the field of ICT, both in Spain and in Europe, developing solutions related to connectivity, intelligence, and security that help reinforce and improve the competitiveness of strategic sectors worldwide, such as primary industries, healthcare, telecommunications, and aerospace, among others.

About TrustED
TrustED (Enabling trustworthy European data spaces through self-sovereign identity and privacy-preserving technologies) is a Horizon Europe project aimed at building trust in digital ecosystems by combining self-sovereign identity (SSI), data governance, and privacy-enhancing technologies. Led by Gradiant, this project brings together leading European research centres, industry partners, and social organisations to create the foundations of a secure, interoperable, and citizen-centric data economy.

All TrustED partners are: Gradiant (leader), Tree Technology, Fundación Cibervoluntarios (Spain); Infocert SPA, Cybersocial Lab (Italy); Fraunhofer (through two different departments: Fraunhofer AISEC and Fraunhofer ISST) (Germany); Promptly, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Coimbra (Portugal); SESTEK (Turkey); and Fondazione Mondo Digitale (associated entity).

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101168467.

Media contact:

Ms. Paula Tosar,
+34 618 649 289
comunicacion@gradiant.org

SOURCE: EuropaWire

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Fun new Christian song for kids tackles issues of identity, self-esteem

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Created by family who produced America’s first Christian children’s album to go platinum

LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A., 2021-Apr-30 — /EPR INTERNET NEWS/ — Created by the family who produced America’s first Christian children’s album to sell 1 million copies, “Stars and Dots” is set to be released on all digital platforms today.

This follow-up single is part of Anthony & Tiffany Salerno’s roll-out to their debut children’s album, “I Am a Worshipper,” slated for release May 28. The single is available here and the album is available for preorder and pre-save here.

Anthony’s father, Tony Salerno, creative producer of gold, platinum and Grammy-nominated children’s albums, provided oversight and feedback for the forthcoming album, which leads off with “Stars and Dots” as the first track.

In the same upbeat vein, “Stars and Dots” has a cheerful tune with ocean vibes that introduces the practice of coming daily to God to hear His voice and discover His view of us — that we are immeasurably valuable and worthy of love because God created us in His image, Tiffany said.

“I’m excited for kids to hear this powerful song and the whole album, which carries the heritage of my parents’ music into a new era,” said Anthony, who grew up in Dallas, the Los Angeles area and the former home of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz in Sebastopol, Calif.

Inspired by Max Lucado’s bestselling children’s book, “You Are Special,” originally published by Crossway in 1997, “Stars and Dots” celebrates the truth that people can be liberated from the weight of others’ opinions by assigning value instead to what God says about them, Tiffany said.

Christi Given, who has hosted on TBN and written and sung more than 300 tracks and short jingles for Bravo TV’s “Vanderpump Rules,” Lifetime’s “Dance Moms,” and other shows, said she believes “Stars and Dots” could have a powerfully positive influence on children and adults.

“It has a very good message — to listen to God’s voice rather than comparing ourselves with others,” Given said. “Instead of focusing on how many ‘likes’ and comments we receive, we need to pay attention to what God says about us, which is the message of ‘Stars and Dots.’”

Chuck Reich, pastor, host and executive producer of “Answering the Call” on Overcomers TV, said he saw Anthony and Tiffany’s love for kids when they performed their songs for children at a church and a school in Haiti.

“Anthony and Tiffany are true professionals in media, and they have a heart for God and for children,” Reich said.

“It is so vital and life-changing for children to learn about their identity in Christ and hearing God’s voice from an early age. Anthony and Tiffany do an excellent job facilitating that through music,” said Rachel Bishop, minister of children and preschool director at Emmanuel Church in Abilene, Kansas. Bishop is a student of Visionwriters International, a ministry about identity and God’s voice that Tiffany said has greatly influenced her songwriting.

Tiffany wrote “Stars and Dots” before meeting Anthony on his birthday in September 2018 at CBS Studios in Hollywood. Anthony went on to provide music production and arrangement for the album, starting with “Stars and Dots.” The couple married in December 2020 at Mount Baldy Village Church in Mount Baldy, Calif., where they lead worship and direct the children’s department.

Their single is available here and their album is available for pre-order and pre-save here.

Further background, education

Tiffany earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications with emphases in journalism and public relations and a minor in creative writing, followed by a graduate certificate in technical writing and professional communication, from Kansas State University. She later graduated from Radiance International – Hollywood House of Prayer’s Launch ministry school with the Evangelism Award. Tiffany was born and raised in Abilene, Kan.

Anthony graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a bachelor’s degree in commercial music. He has worked as a musician, director and producer for many ministry leaders, including Willie Aames, known for playing the title character in “Bible Man” (1995-2003); Raul Ries, who pastors a congregation of 12,000 in California and can be heard on the “Somebody Loves You” radio program; Dennis Sempebwa, president and chancellor of The 300, a ministry training college; and others.

Anthony was born in Tyler, Texas, where his parents launched Agape Force at a site that has been shared with the headquarters of Youth with a Mission (YWAM), Teen Challenge, Leonard Ravenhill’s Last Days Ministries, the evangelist David Wilkerson, the late musician Keith Green and now Mercy Ships. “Music Machine,” which Tony produced in 1977, became America’s first Christian children’s album and first Christian album by a group artist to sell 1 million copies.

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