identities and authentication, and in so doing, enable them to design and deploy a new generation of trusted digital institutions and services globally.

Key elements of the new infrastructure include a new architecture of five layers for open digital services and APIs for the mobile Internet, Trust Frameworks for secure, authenticated digital interactions, and a range of customized applications for specific circumstances. Using these tools, people will be able to ensure the privacy of their personal information, leverage the power of networked data, and create new forms of online coordination, exchange and self-governance. They will be able to forge new “social contracts” and participate in new types of legal and regulatory systems for managing organizations, markets and their social and civic lives. These systems will conform to both international legal standards and to the specific social norms and priorities of its members.