Enterprise Estonia @ MoMo St Petersburg

28.03.2011 Valdar Liive Estonian Investment and Trade Agency Enterprise Estonia , Helsinki www.investinestonia.com www.tradewithestonia.com www.eas.ee Estonian ICT environment

Strategic Location: Estonia is the heart of the Baltic Sea. Small country but big punch! A rea 45, 227 km 2 (similar in size to Denmark or the Netherlands) P opulation 1. 34 million (68% Estonians, 25% Russians) Capital Tallinn (403,000) Distances from Tallinn to: - Helsinki 85 km; - Riga 310 km; - St. Petersburg 350 km; - Stockholm 375 km. C urrency EURO Estonia became a NATO member state on 29 March 2004 Estonia became a European Union member state on 1 Ma y 2004 Estonia became the OECD's 34th member country on 9 December 2010
Country credit ratings
Fitch A
S&P A
Moody’s A1

Enterprise Estonia is the largest state foundation providing financing, counselling, co-operation opportunities and training for the corporate sector, research institutions, the public and the NGOs.
We are the implementing agency for the EU Structural Funds business and regional support programmes in Estonia.
With representative offices in Helsinki, London, Stockholm, Moscow, St Petersburg, Hamburg, Kiev, Tokyo, Shanghai and Silicon Valley, Enterprise Estonia is also active in foreign investment, trade and tourism promotion.
Regional offices in Jõhvi and Tartu
A network in each Estonian county: county development centres (CDC) , tourism information centres (TIC);
A total of 29 0 employees
2011budget 200 MEUR
Enterprise Estonia Today

Successes Stories OEMs using Estonia as an International Production & Distribution Hub

Success Stories – Ericsson
Geography
“ We’re close to harbors and the airport, we have a great working setup. Logistically Estonia is really well placed. This was no small thing in making the decision to come here.”
Seth Lackman, Vice President of the Nordic and Baltic states Market Unit , Ericsson
A Winning Equation “ It takes only simple math to conclude this is a great place to do business. In Sweden, one employee has roughly 1,400 workable hours. In Estonia, the same employee has 1,750 hours.

Information society indicators
100% of schools and government organisations have broadband connection
71% of families have computer at home
68% of homes have broadband connection
99% of bank transfers are performed electronically
92% of income tax declarations made via the e-Tax Board
Four operational 3G and two 4G networks
1139 public WiFi areas for 45 227km²
25% of votes were cast over the internet on 2011
Source: Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

ID-Card
2002 - introduction of national electronic ID-Card
1 140 398 active ID-Cards
Compulsory for all residents
Contains:
Information shown on the card
Certificate for authentication (along with e-mail address [email_address] )
Certificate for digital signature
Population: 1,340,415

e-Services
e-Banking
e-School
ID-Ticket
Digital Signature
Land Register
State Portal
Vehicle Register
Business Register
e-Police
Patent Office
Statistic Estonia
Customer Self Service Portals
Tax and Customs Board
i-Voting
e-Health
e-Pension account
...

2000: Launch of e-Tax Board
2000: Launch of m-Parking
2003: Launch of ID bus ticket
2005: i-Voting was introduced
2007: Introduction of m-ID
2007: Launch of e-Police system
2008: Launch of e-Health system
2010: Launch of e-Prescription
Some achievements

FinEst Mobile Innovation www.momoestonia.com www.mobilemonday.net

! Garage48 Helsinki 2011 14-16th January 2011 @ Aalto Venture Garage Garage48 is a boot-camp style community event to build new services just in 48 hours. Garage48 www.garage48.org

Welcome! Enterprise Estonia, Helsinki Eesti Maja – Viro-keskus Sörnäisten rantatie 22 C, 00540 Helsinki Valdar Liive Puh: +358 40 83 046 56 [email_address] www.eas.ee www.investinestonia.com www.visitestonia.com www.tradewithestonia.com www.estonia.eu www.demoestonia.eu

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