Certification
Verana Certification Program
A professional certification for the people and the organizations that use, sell, build and operate products and services on Verana. Open material, a role-based curriculum, independent certificators, and credentials you can verify.
Program version 2026.1, Verifiable Trust v4 and Verifiable Public Registry v4. The curriculum is being finalized; the first cohort opens with the publication of the Certification Policy.
Levels
Three levels, one curriculum
Verana Certified Associate
Fundamentals
Self-study of the open material and an online knowledge exam on veranafoundation.org. No certificator involved. Free until the end of 2027; the only prerequisite is a Contributor membership of the Foundation, free for individuals.
Valid 2 years, renewable.
Verana Certified Professional
In a role track
The modules of a track: a proctored knowledge exam administered by the Foundation and a practical lab or case study graded by an Authorized Certificator. Workshops are optional.
Valid 2 years, renewable.
Verana Certified Expert
In a role track
Level 2 held for a year, a portfolio of real deployments or engagements, and an oral defense before two Certified Instructors from two certificators. Opens with a later program version.
Valid 2 years, renewable.
Role tracks
Certified for the job you do
Every track shares three core modules: Verifiable Trust fundamentals, the Verana Public Registry, and the playground practicum. The rest is the role: engineering, operations, consulting, sales, legal, procurement, wallets, agents.
Fundamentals
The core modules and one online exam. The entry point of the program and the prerequisite of every Level 2 track.
Core modules only · 11 h
Developer and Integrator
Build and operate a verifiable service, or integrate a user agent, and prove it on the test network.
Core + T2, T6, T3 or T1 · 35 h
Infrastructure Engineer
Deploy, monitor and secure VS Agent and the network services around it.
Core + T1, T5, T6 · 29 h
Solutions Consultant
Map a use case to Ecosystems, schemas, roles and fees, and defend the design.
Core + C3, B1, B5, B6 · 33 h
Pre-sales
Deliver the playground story live, answer objections, position Verana against alternatives.
Core + B2, B1 (reading) · 15 h
Opening in later phases
Ecosystem Operator
Create and run an Ecosystem on chain: governance framework, schemas, participants, fees, disputes.
Core + C3, T4, B6 · 29 h
Legal and Compliance
Governance frameworks as contracts, eIDAS 2 and GDPR alignment, liability and licensing.
Core + C3, B4 · 21 h
Procurement and Tenders
Write and evaluate requirements for Verifiable Trust deployments, build compliance matrices.
Core + B3, B4 (reading) · 17 h
Wallet Provider
Make a wallet a Verifiable User Agent and pass the conformance harness.
Core + T3, T6 · 23 h
AI Agent Builder
Give an AI agent its own verifiable identity and let it trust and be trusted.
Core + T7, T2 (reading) · 15 h
Organizations
Three designations for companies
An organization is certified through an Authorized Certificator, on the strength of its certified staff and of evidence of real work. Every designation requires at least a Contributor membership of the Foundation.
Verana Certified Integrator
Organizations that build products and services on Verana.
Certified staff
- 2 in Developer and Integrator
- 1 in Infrastructure Engineer or Solutions Consultant
Evidence
- A verifiable service operated by the organization, live on a Verana network and passing the conformance checks designated by the curriculum.
- A documented support process.
Verana Certified Solution Provider
Organizations that sell, resell or advise on Verana-based solutions.
Certified staff
- 1 in Solutions Consultant
- 1 in Pre-sales
- 1 in Legal and Compliance or Procurement and Tenders
Evidence
- Two customer references, or one documented engagement reviewed by the certificator.
Verana Certified Operator
Organizations that run their own Ecosystem or verifiable services on Verana.
Certified staff
- 1 in Ecosystem Operator
- 1 in Infrastructure Engineer
Evidence
- A live Ecosystem or verifiable service operated by the organization.
- A published governance framework.
How it works
From the open material to a verifiable credential
- 01
Study the open material
Every module is published under a Creative Commons license: text, labs and reading lists. Read it on this site or on GitHub.
- 02
Pass the Level 1 exam online
Fundamentals is a single online exam administered by the Foundation. No certificator is needed, and it is free during the first year.
- 03
Go deeper with a certificator
Level 2 adds a proctored exam and a practical lab or case study, graded by an Authorized Certificator. Workshops are optional and offered by certificators.
- 04
Receive a verifiable credential
Certifications are issued as verifiable credentials on the Verana Certification Ecosystem, to your wallet or to your organization's DID, and verifiable by anyone.
Authorized Certificators
Associate members of the Foundation, accredited every year, that deliver workshops, proctor exams, grade practical work and issue the certifications. They never certify their own organization or staff.
2 certificators listed.
Rules, versions, marks
The Certification Policy sets the levels, the assessment rules, validity and renewal, the designations, certificator accreditation, the use of the Verana Certified marks, appeals and fees. Its digest is anchored as the governance framework of the Verana Certification Ecosystem.
Who writes the curriculum
The Showcase and Certification Working Group of the Foundation authors and reviews the modules, tracks and assessments, in the open. Question banks and grading rubrics stay confidential. Join the working group to contribute.
Working groups →