 Micro-credentials are proof of a learning outcome or result after a short learning experience. Think of education that is smaller than a bachelor's or master's degree, for example, courses or modules. Micro-credentials stand for quality and are supported by quality assurance according to agreed standards. Micro-credentials are issued by accredited higher education institutions and allow them to provide students with acknowledged digital certificates. In the future, micro-credentials will be recognised by all national higher education institutions and they'll be registered in the National Register. In the micro-credentials pilot, we're experimenting with higher education for professionals. The educational units are between 3 and 30 EC or credits. Institutions participating in the pilot have agreed to acknowledge each other's micro-credentials. Additionally, within the pilot, we're investigating the value of micro-credentials for a broad group of learners, the potential to combine micro-credentials into larger qualifications and the possibilities for legal embedding of micro-credentials in Dutch legislation. The National Register will record who has obtained which micro-credential. This makes the achievement of learning outcomes traceable and verifiable. This way, micro-credentials are of added value for professionals as they receive recognised certificates and can thus easily specialise, up-skill or retrain with the help of higher education. This helps them in the rapidly changing professional context of today and with their own development ambitions.