Nordic techpolitics ketil raknes 2

Can smart states save public welfare?
Ketil Raknes, political advisor. Socialist Left Party of Norway

The Nordic Model
Strong social democratic parties,
Working multiparty systems
An active state
Consensual approach to policymaking
Extremely high levels of trust amongpeople and to centralgovernmentalinstitutions (socialcapital).

Nordic people trust eachother
The graph shows percentagewhoagreeswiththestatement ”most peoplecan be trusted”

Nordic TechpoliticsOpportunities
An addition to highlevelsofinternetpenetrationpublic data is ofextremelyhighquality

The challenge
Agingpopulationsputsenormousstrainonthepublicsector. Willdemandhigherpublic spending at the same time as thetax base decreases
Productivity in the private sectorgrows faster than in thepublicsector

The smart statesolution
The stategoes online. No more publicoffices. Taxes, educationalchoices, prescriptions etc. can be done online.
Simple and effectivetaxing system givesincreasedcompetitiveness for corporations. 89 percentofnorwegiancorporatetaxeswaspaid online in 2009.

The growthofMyID
MyID is thepubliceIDonsecuritylevel 3. Has 2,3 million users. The charts shows percentageofusers by age.

The economicopportunities
”Investments in digitalising publicsectorare as lucrative as investing in the North Sea”
eIDcost-benefitanalysis

Promisingexamples
State EducationalLoaning Fund: Numberofphonecallsreduced from 1,5 mill to 460.000. Reducednumberofemployeeswith 15 percent
Altinn (common web portal for public reporting):
50.000 less forms to be filled in by bureacrats. 900 full time equivalentssaved (FTE) for Norwegian corporations 2005-2007.
Norwegian TaxAdministration: 800 FTEssaved.

The challenge
The central nerve ofthewelfarestate. Healthcare, pensions and welfarebenefits is still in the analog age.
eIDonsecuritylevel 4 and a nationaltechnologicalinfrastructure is the missing link.
Politiciansdoes not understand theimportance and thebenefitsofusing smart statesolutions.
Bureacraticinfightinghampersdevelopmentofnew services.

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