Partners

WorldReach understands the value in being an active participant in ongoing expert discussions pertaining to digital identity, seamless travel, immigration and border management. As such, we are members of, or are represented in, a variety of industry leading associations and standards-defining organizations.

Setting the direction for global development and best practices, these organizations focus on digital ID, secure travel documents/credentials, biometrics, and more.

Through our active involvement, we are able to gain industry and technical insights, and influence direction by contributing our own knowledge and expertise to evolving trends, technologies, and governmental needs.

Additionally, our commercial affiliation with Microsoft acknowledges that we have the competencies and skills required to implement Microsoft-based solutions for our clients.

Industry Associations

WorldReach is proud to be involved in the following industry-defining associations:

Biometrics Institute

The Biometric Institute is a leading industry knowledge sharing forum for the development of best-practices for the use of biometrics. WorldReach is pleased to be a Supplier Member and frequent presenter at Biometrics Institute events.

DIACC

The Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) is a non-profit coalition of public and private sector experts in secure digital ID and ID verification. WorldReach is happy to be a member of DIACC as a Sustaining Member with representation on the Pan Canadian Trust Framework Expert Committee (TFEC).

Document Security Alliance

DSA is an alliance of government, industry and academia dedicated to securing the production, issuance, and authentication of identity, credentials and currency to help combat fraud and other criminal acts by drawing upon the knowledge and technical disciplines of our members.

FIDO Alliance

The FIDO Alliance is an open industry association with a focused mission: authentication standards to help reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords. Alliance members contribute to this mission by influencing the development of FIDO specifications, establishing best practices for deployment of FIDO Authentication, and driving global awareness of the Alliance, its mission and the FIDO specifications. WorldReach is a Sponsor Member of the FIDO Alliance.

Future Borders Coalition

In 2020, the coalition was renamed from The Beyond Preclearance Coalition to Future Borders Coalition with a multi-year mandate to continue the work of accelerating a cohesive border vision based on improvements in technology, processes, facilities and innovation to drive ahead economic recovery, prosperity, safety and security.

Future Borders Coalition is a group of American and Canada organizations seeking to advance safe and efficient border crossings at the US-Canada border. The Coation commissioned a White Paper identifying a strategy for achieving this goal, which included a coordinated effort between the public and private sectors. Future Borders Coalition aligns with WorldReach’s ongoing border management efforts and projects involving the Canada-US Immigration and Border Agencies.

IATA

The International Air Travel Association (IATA) is the trade association representing 290 airlines, which makes up 82% of all air traffic. IATA aims to assist airlines by simplifying processes and increasing passenger convenience while reducing costs and improving efficiency. WorldReach is proud to be an Industry Strategic Partner contributing to IATA’s OneID Initiative.

In combination with the World Travel & Tourism Council’s Seamless Passenger Journey, IATA’s OneID initiative aims to allow travellers to assert their identity once, therefore eliminating repetitive ID checks at security, border control and the gate. OneID includes: 1) a trusted digital identity; 2) an identity management platform; 3) identity verification through biometric recognition and; 4) a trust framework.

IBMATA

The International Border Management and Technologies Association (IBMATA) is a not for profit international non-governmental organization (NGO). IBMATA is committed to the safe and secure movement of people and good across international borders. WorldReach has Non-Executive Director representation at IBMATA on Stakeholder Enablement.

techUK

techUK is a UK-based collective representing more than 850 companies and technologies in the tech sector in the United Kingdom. With an office and employees based in London, focusing on our UK projects, WorldReach is pleased to be a member of this esteemed group of professionals. techUK provides us with an invaluable network, critical thought leadership, and offers a range of programmes and special interest groups that keep us informed and engaged.

Word Travel & Tourism Council

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is a forum for the private international Travel and Tourism sector. WTTC works to increase awareness of Travel and Tourism as one of the world’s most sizable economic sectors. WTTC also prioritizes: Security & Travel Facilitation, Crisis Preparedness, Management & Recovery, and Sustainable Growth. WorldReach is proud to be represented in WTTC as a Global Member.

WTTC’s Safe & Seamless Traveller Journey
WTTC advocates for the Safe & Seamless Traveller Journey (SSTJ) approach. The SSTJ’s goal is to avoid having travellers repeatedly presenting their travel documents at various conjunctures in their travels, rather they would use a single biometric identifier, creating a secure ‘walk-through experience’ for traveller flow efficiency. SSTJ will be critical in combating COVID-19 and beyond for crises preparedness, and will further speed the recovery of the Travel &Tourism sector. WorldReach’s remote identity and document verification solutions supports this approach as the front door to Safe & Seamless Traveller Journeys.

Commercial Partnerships

Microsoft

As a certified Microsoft Silver Application Developer, WorldReach and our clients can fully utilize:

Web-based interoperable frameworks
Microsoft Azure cloud for economies-of-scale with elastic computing
On-premise installs, if desired
Secure, robust database management (SQL)
RESTful APIs for lightweight, scalable services

Not limited to Azure—install the instances on any cloud provider of your choosing, including government clouds and government-accredited private clouds