Instructions:
Two template letters (together, the “Letters”, or each of them, individually, a “Letter”) are included in this
document:
• The “Letter of Application for GDHCN Eligible Participants using the Full Onboarding Process” (the
“Letter of Application”), which should be completed for Eligible GDHCN Participants that are
newly joining the WHO GDHCN and did not previously join the DDCC Trust Domain, and
• The “Update Letter for Existing GDHCN Participants” (the “Update Letter”), which should be used
by existing GDHCN Participants for the DDCC Trust Domain when contact information needs to be
updated.
In addition, regardless of the Letter being submitted, the form entitled “Representative Submission Form”
should be filled out and attached to the Letter.
For the Letter of Application, noting that not all points of contact may have been identified at the time of
submission, the submitter should indicate which contact information is being submitted with the letter.
Any missing contact information, or changes to contact information may subsequently be submitted
through the Update Letter.
For each contact person indicated in a Letter, the appropriate documentation with relevant information
about the contact person and their contact details and function should be attached.
Letters should be submitted to the GDHCN Secretariat through a secure channel as described in Section
IX. of the FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH
CERTIFICATION NETWORK1, which specifies that “This secure channel may be one of the following:
• Face-to-face meeting between an authorized WHO staff member working in the GDHCN
Secretariat or WHO Country Representative and the Legal Representative or Business Owner
Representative, including confirmation of identity via passport. Subsequently, the Letter of
Application will be submitted via diplomatic pouch from the WHO Country Office in the relevant
country to WHO Headquarters; or from the relevant Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva,
Switzerland, to WHO Headquarters; or
• Face-to-face meeting between an authorized WHO staff member working in the GDHCN
Secretariat and an official delegate at the World Health Assembly, or any other meeting of
WHO’s governing bodies, including confirmation of identity via passport.
Any changes to the technical information needed to establish trust between the GDHCN Participant’s
Public Key Infrastructure and Trust Network Gateway must be communicated via these same secure
channels or through other secure channels that may be identified by the GDHCN Secretariat.”
1
https://worldhealthorganization.github.io/smart-trust/GDHCN_Administrative_and_Operational_Framework.docx
Template Letter of Application for GDHCN Eligible Participants using the Full Onboarding Process
to join WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network for the Digital Documentation of COVID-19
Certificate (DDCC) Trust Domain
WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) Secretariat
World Health Organization
Digital Health and Innovation
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Re: Application to join the WHO GDHCN [for Covid-19 Certificates]
With the recognition that:
• WHO has established a freely available global certification system for GDHCN Eligible Participants,
the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN);
• WHO will not store, process, transmit or otherwise have access to personal data (including
COVID-19 Certificate Revocation lists) through the operation of the GDHCN.
As a duly authorized representative of the GDHCN Eligible Participant indicated below, I hereby confirm
the will and intent of that GDHCN Eligible Participant to participate in and join the GDHCN for Digital
Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates, and its readiness and intent to:
• comply with Ethical principles and data protection principles outlined in Section 2 of:
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Digital_certificates-vaccination-
2021.1;
• comply with the standards, security requirements, technological systems and process described
in the FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL
HEALTH CERTIFICATION NETWORK, which may be found here:
https://smart.who.int/smart-trust/GDHCN_Administrative_and_Operational_Framework.pdf
• follow the Full Onboarding Process, which may be found at:
https://smart.who.int/smart-trust/concepts_onboarding.html;
• ensure that COVID-19 certificates issued can be verified for their authenticity, validity and
integrity utilizing the WHO GDHCN; and
• provide to WHO all additional information, feedback and organizational support, as needed and
requested by WHO, to ensure successful connection to and utilization of the GDHCN.
With this Letter of Application, we acknowledge that the terms and conditions under which the GDHCN
operates may evolve, which may necessitate future agreement by GDHCN Participants to those amended
terms and conditions.
Information attached with this letter:
❑ Business Owner contact
❑ Technical contact
❑ Legal contact
❑ Key Master contact
Template Update Letter for Existing GDHCN Participants
of WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network for the Digital Documentation of COVID-19
Certificate (DDCC) Trust Domain
WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) Secretariat
World Health Organization
Digital Health and Innovation
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Re: Application to join the WHO GDHCN [for Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates]
With the recognition that:
• WHO has established a freely available global certification system for GDHCN Eligible Participants,
the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN);
• WHO will not store, process, transmit or otherwise have access to personal data (including
COVID-19 Certificate Revocation lists) through the operation of the GDHCN.
As a duly authorized representative of the GDHCN Eligible Participant indicated below, I hereby would like
to update existing information on record regarding participation in GDHCN for the DDCC Trust Domain in
accordance with the requirements described in Section IX of the FRAMEWORK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
AND OPERATIONS OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION NETWORK which may be found here:
https://smart.who.int/trust/GDHCN_Administrative_and_Operational_Framework.pdf
Information attached with this letter:
❑ Business Owner contact
❑ Technical contact
❑ Legal contact
❑ Key Master contact
Representative Submission Form
GDHCN Participant Estonia
Name of institution Ministry of Social Affairs
Name, Surname Riina Sikkut
Function Minister of Healthcare
Postal address Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number (372) 626 9301
Date and signature
Date and place
Signature
Attachment - Business Owner contact
The individual who has primary business and programmatic responsibility for a GDHCN Participant for the
implementation of the use cases covered by the Trust Domain.
Name of institution Ministry of Social Affairs
Name, Surname Jaanika Merilo
Function Head of eHealth Strategy
Postal address Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number (372) 626 9301
Attachment - Technical contact
The individual who will have the overall responsibility for the technical matters and systems
infrastructure of a GDHCN Participant for the applicable Trust Domain including ensuring compliance
with technical specifications.
Name of institution Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre
Name, Surname Artur Novek
Function IT architect
Postal address Pärnu mnt 132, 11317 Tallinn
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number +372 7943 943
Attachment - Legal contact
The individual who has the responsibility for reviewing the requirements applicable to the relevant Trust
Domain on behalf of a GDHCN Participant. This person should be someone whom the GDHCN Secretariat
can consult in relation to any legal or policy issues that may arise, such as changes to this document or
changes to one of its Annexes that defines a Trust Domain.
Name of institution Ministry of Social Affairs
Name, Surname Raili Sillart
Function Adviser
Postal address
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number
Attachment - Key Master contact
The individual who is responsible for a GDHCN Participant for the management of the Public Key
Infrastructure, including the generation of any needed public-private key pairs, and the configuration and
management of the connections between the GDHCN Participant’s Public Key Infrastructure and the
GDHCN Trust Network Gateway.
Name of institution Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre (TEHIK)
Name, Surname Novek, Artur
Function Solution Architect
Postal address Pärnu mnt 132, 11317, Tallinn
Email address
[email protected]
Phone number +372 7943 900
Fingerprint of GPG2
key or key otherwise
9CB8 030C 6B15 84F0 5E45 FFFF 4E02 69E8 6CD4 9940
compliant with the
RFC48803
GitHub Repository for https://github.com/TEHIK-EE/health-gdhcn-certs-prd
Public Key Material
2
https://www.gnupg.org/
3
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4880.txt