The Foundation

Non-profit, Ensuring Trust, Global

The iSHARE Foundation is an international non-profit foundation responsible for the development and maintenance of the iSHARE Trust Framework, its technical specifications, the Change Management process, and its global adoption and implementation. The Foundation plays a crucial role in safeguarding trust across the network of data spaces.

The Supervisory Board oversees the Foundation’s policies. Additionally, there is a Council of Participants comprising data spaces, implementation partners, and other stakeholders, along with a Change Advisory Board that provides practical advice to the Foundation regarding the further development of the Trust Framework. 

The Foundation aims to provide its stakeholders with widely accepted technology standards and specifications while ensuring sustainability and promoting and supporting the broader use of the Trust Framework, specifications, building blocks, and services.