CraftID
Professional identity infrastructure

Professional identity, built on evidence.

A European-oriented professional identity, skills and evidence infrastructure for craftspeople, workshops and craft-based micro-enterprises.

Core logic
01Identity
02Skills
03Practice
04Evidence
05Trust
CraftID

A durable professional record.

One persistent professional reference connects skills, experience, qualifications, affiliations and supporting evidence in a structured record.

01

Identity

A persistent CraftID reference for a professional or workshop. Country, profession, year and legal status stay in profile data rather than in the identifier.

02

Skills & practice

Describe the skills used in professional practice and connect them with experience, qualifications, portfolio items and affiliations.

03

Evidence

Link individual professional claims to supporting material. Evidence stays private by default; publication requires an explicit visibility choice.

04

Trust

Public records distinguish clearly between self-declared information, submitted evidence and claims that have undergone review.

For craft professionals

One identity. Practical value over time.

A permanent professional reference can be used across products, professional communication, applications and changing places of work.

01

Permanent CraftID

One professional identifier that can be used on products, packaging, business cards, websites, CVs, catalogues and applications. The CraftID remains tied to the same professional or workshop over time.

02

Public professional profile

A buyer, fair organiser, partner or institution can follow the CraftID or QR code to see who the maker is and what professional practice they present publicly.

03

Evidence-backed skills history

Skills, experience, training, qualifications and other claims can gradually be connected to supporting evidence and attestations, while keeping evidence private unless disclosure is explicitly intended.

04

CraftID Record Certificate

Issue and download a versioned certificate of the published CraftID record with its own Certificate No. and QR verification. The certificate documents the record snapshot; claim review status remains separate.

05

Product traceability

When a CraftID is placed on a product or document, the identifier can remain resolvable over time so the registered maker or workshop can still be identified even if the active account is later closed.

06

Privacy control

The CraftID owner decides what is public: country, region or city, profile details, contacts and photo. Workshop owners may also explicitly choose whether to publish an exact business address.

07

Professional ↔ Workshop link

A Professional CraftID can be linked to a Workshop CraftID without merging the two identities, so a person keeps their own professional record when a workshop, employer or place of practice changes.

08

Transparent trust

Trust comes from clear scope: self-declared information, supporting evidence and reviewed claims are shown separately.

09

Access through the partner network

As the network develops, CraftID can be used by national and sectoral partners, craft organisations, fairs, education providers and support programmes as a structured professional reference.

Who CraftID is for

For professionals and workshops

Build a portable professional record that is independent of a marketplace, employer or single project. Present skills, practice and evidence without turning the profile into a sales listing.

For institutions and ecosystems

Understand where craft skills are practised, identify regional capabilities and support skills intelligence, vocational pathways, heritage continuity and cross-border cooperation.

Trust model

Trust is explicit.

Review applies to specific claims and linked evidence. Public status language shows the exact scope and current review state.

Read the methodology