The Global Innovation Institute is pleased to announce that as of October 2018 it is partnering with Accredible to issue all GInI certificates in digital format and with blockchain traceability.

This new partnership brings several notable benefits to GInI's certificate holders, including the following:

• All certificates and the associated badges are now 100% fully digital.

• All certificates now carry full blockchain traceability and verifiability through the GInI Certification platform - giving anyone the ability to verify your learning achievements at any time.

• All certificates continue to bear the certificate holder's unique GInI-issued certification number, verifiable through the GInI platform.

• Delivery of all certificates will now be fully digital via email, eliminating the delays associated with postal delivery.

• Digital certificates issued through GInI Certification platform are secure and always accessible - you will never again have to worry about losing your certificate.

• Digital certificates issued through GInI Certification platform are easily shareable, allowing you to showcase your GInI certifications on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook with one simple click.

• Digital certificates issued through GInI Certification platform can be rendered to high-quality PDF for printing at any time.

• You can control the privacy of your certificate, making it as visible or invisible to search engines as you wish.

• You can electronically add evidence items to your certificate, giving it additional context - items such as project reports, conference notes, blog articles, and so on.

• You can have peers, employers, and others provide references with your certificate - adding yet further credibility to it.

• GInI Certification platform compatible with Mozilla Open Badges means your GInI certificate is portable and exportable - you can embed it on your website, in your email signature, and save it as a PDF file.

• GInI believes firmly in the power of innovative new technologies for bringing greater value to the world. The Institute is proud, therefore, to be taking this step forward in embracing the use of blockchain technology for its digital certificates, adding yet further credibility to its already world-class certifications.

GInI will continue to lead the way in the future in applying new innovations such as this as they continue to emerge, modeling for the world what its certification program so clearly teaches and stands for.

For any questions relating to this announcement, please contact GInI at gini@gini.org.