Estonia is beaking headway in terms of building an e-society and it shows in its unique approach to all aspects (education, economy, politics, health, social services). In the presentation one may see, just how many steps can be made.
Presentation and useful links:
e-Estonia - https://e-estonia.com/
Estonian Clusters - https://www.estonianclusters.ee/language/en/
Connected Health - http://connectedhealth.ee/
Smart City Lab http://smartcitylab.eu/
ITL and ICT Cluster - https://itl.ee/estonian_ict_cluster
Startup Estonia - https://www.startupestonia.ee/
Garage48 - http://garage48.org/
Prototron - http://prototron.ee/en/
Ajujaht - http://www.ajujaht.ee/en/
Level11 - https://level11.ee/
EU projects
DIGINNO - https://www.diginnobsr.eu/
SME2G0 - http://sme2go.eu/
Technology competence centers
https://www.estonianclusters.ee/cluster-partners/tehnoloogia-arenduskeskused/
3. the smallest country that
extends beyond its borders
• population: 1.3 million
• area: 45,339 km2
• currency: Euro
• member of: EU, NATO, WTO, OECD,
DIGITAL 5
• ICT sector: 7% of GDP
Finland
Russia
EST
Europe
Latvia
Lithuania
Sweden
Poland
6. efficient
digital signature saves 2% of GDP per year
50 times more efficient connected police
1/3 less queues at the hospitals
best tax collector in the world
i- voting 2.5 times cheaper
the biggest savings
A stack of paper saved each month
300
meters
8. exchange
99% of state services are online
Over 2000 services
Over 1000 connected organizations,
databases
Over 500 million transactions per
year
the busiest highway of
e-Estonia – X-Road
16. e-residency
• first in the world
• 155 countries
• 40 000+ e-residents to date
• 6 600+ e-residents companies
• bank account online
e-resident.gov.ee
18. blockchain
• e-Health
• Property and Land Registry
• Business Registry
• Succession Registry
• e-Court
• Surveillance / Tracking Information System
• State Gazette
• Official State Announcements
Guarding the integrity.
22. • The Government Office and the Ministry of
Economic Affairs and Communications will
launch a cross-sectoral project to analyse and
prepare the implementation of artificial
intelligences, or so-called kratts, as well as
develop a test environment in Estonia.
• The expert group to be created will prepare a
bill to allow the use of kratts, i.e. fully
autonomous information systems, in all areas
of life and to ensure the clarity of the judicial
area as well as required supervision.
Estonia will have an artificial intelligence strategy
#Krattlaw
23. From bottlenecks to smart products
Going global with products
Public Sector or Company as the first customer?
Prototyping
Finding ideas (public sector - companies cooperation)
Describing bottlenecks
24. The result of actions: 4 major goals
Society
ICT is having
a profound impact
on the Estonian way
of life
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Value added
Adopting ICT solutions
contributes to half the
growth
of targeted sectors
economic performance
Services
Estonia leads the
world in the use
of secure and
reliable IT services
Laborforce
The number of ICT
specialists doubles
from 18,000 today
to 34,000
Estonian ICT Sector Vision 2020
• By 2020, the primary source of welfare generation lies in
innovative application of ICT solutions to economic activities
and public administration
25. Estonian ICT Cluster mission
To act as an internationally recognized Estonian ICT companies cooperation
platform, which aim is to increase the usability of ICT in other economic sectors of
domestic and foreign markets
Workforce
development
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Studies Presentation New partners New projects Network
InternationalisationCooperation
26. DIGINNO – Overview
Aim
• advance the digital economy and the digital single market in the Baltic Sea Region
• by increasing capacity in public and private sector, develop business cases and test
transnational aspects of digital solutions
Target group and action
• National policymakers
• Industry associations and Industrial SMEs
uptake of ICT in the business sector (industrial SMEs)
innovation and interoperability of public services (G2B cross-border services)
informal public-private policy dialogue
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2018
27. DIGINNO - Outcome
Company digitalization toolkit for SMEs
Informal cross-sectoral Baltic Sea Region industry digitalization community
Four show-case models of G2B cross-border e-services (incl. feasibility analyses
and proof of concept) - Showcases
Cross-border eCMR - Paperless consignment notes in road transport, recognized by
responsible intitutions and used by businesses
Cross-border business registration with Integrated eIDAS Framework
Cross border remote Know-Your-Customer processes with eIDAS application
Real-time-economy – Cross-border eReceipt application
Policy recommendations in White Paper
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2018
28. 3 key takeaways
Build Ecosystem like
a value chain or process
PPP (public-private partnership)
is the key for every cooperation
Think global, Test local –
try it in your way!
30. Contact: Sources:
Toomas Türk https://www.diginnobsr.eu/
https://e-estoniax.com/
+372 5060433 https://e-estonia.com/
LinkedIN (search full name)
Editor's Notes
4. Our secret weapons (instead of metal) stand in the information society
Internet is a social right today in Estonia
88% broadband coverage in Estonian households
3G and 4G coverage over almost the entire country
Estonia, together with Sweden, will already be the first countries in Europe with 5G mobile internet in 2018
Every Estonian resident has an electronic ID
personal data can be accessed, signed and managed from banking to digital prescriptions with an ID-card, Mobile-ID or Smart-ID
electronic ID is also issued to Estonian e-Residents (today more than 20,000)
At least 2% of GDP-worthy time is saved due to digital signatures
99% of Estonian public services are online
accessible 24/7
most public services work via the X-Road data exchange platform that saves over 800 years of working time annually for the Estonian population together.
People trust and use e-solutions, since they are fast, safe (privacy) and convenient
Blockchain-backed integrity throughout the government infrastructure and registries since 2012
almost all public e-solutions in Estonia are created by Estonia
in companies and state institutions
Examples of trust:
More than 350 million digital signatures have been provided in Estonia which is more than in the entire European Union.
Over 30% of Estonian voters from 116 countries used i-Voting in Estonian Parliamentary elections
99% of banking transactions are done online
6. Principles of Estonian e-governance
Once-only – The data are only collected once by one specific institution, eliminating duplicate data and bureaucracy (e.g. the need to file the same data for different public institutions several times).
Digital-by-default – It is always a priority to fill and file documents digitally and work continuously on automating public services. Even terminology in our legislation today refers to digital information (not only information on “paper”). Meanwhile, the digital society has no legacy, meaning that there is a continuous legal change and organic improvement of the technology and law.
Transparency-by-design – All the data exchanges, M2M communications, data at rest, and log files are independently and fully accountable thanks to KSI Blockchain technology. With KSI Blockchain deployed in Estonian government networks, history cannot be rewritten by anybody and the authenticity of the electronic data can be mathematically proven. It means that no-one – not hackers, not system administrators, and not even the government itself – can manipulate the data and get away with it.
Open internet (or platform) – Any institution can use the infrastructure and it works as an open source. There’s no central database and every stakeholder, whether it is a government department, a ministry or a business, gets to choose its own system in its own time. However, all the elements in the system are able to exchange data securely and work smoothly together.
21. Enter e-residency
First in the world – In 2014, Estonia became the 1st and still is the only country in the world to establish e-Residency. e-Residency is perfect for small businesses, freelancers and entrepreneurs.
Considering the growing interest in the local-independent business-model, the e-Residency programme has around 10 million potential members today.
150 countries – the Estonian business-environment is attractive all over the world. People from 150 countries have applied for Estonian e-Residency.
40,000+ residents to date (since 2014).
6,600+ companies owned by e-residents in different fields.
Bank account online – entrepreneurs should have more freedom to choose the best services internationally that meets their needs and helps their own company grow. Due to banks’ internal policies, opening a bank account in a traditional Estonian bank may, among other considerations, currently require a clear connection to Estonia. However, e-residents can also acquire online business banking services from fintech companies (e.g. Holvi, Payoneer).
22. Estonishing
Intro: In order to remain an innovative, effective and successful Northern country that leads by example, we need to continue executing our vision of becoming a safe e-state with automatic e-services available 24/7.
Zero-bureaucracy: invisible services – Successful countries need to be ready to experiment. Building e-Estonia as one of the most advanced e-societies in the world has involved continuous experimentation and learning from our mistakes. Estonia sees the natural next step in the evolution of the e-state as moving basic services into a fully digital mode. This means that things can be done for citizens automatically and in that sense invisibly. For example: when a child is born, data on that child moves automatically from the hospital database to the Population Register without the need to complete any paperwork.
Cross-border digital governance – Estonia is the 1st in the world to interconnect decentralized components of state and public sector databases on an international level via the X-Road data exchange system. A public sector data exchange facility between Finland and Estonia was created in 2017.This means that e.g. in the future health or education or other data on Estonian citizens can also be accessed by the Finnish government or the private sector, regardless of whether the person lives in Estonia or Finland. Hopefully, cross-border data exchange will soon become possible between all European countries
Real-time economy – Our goal is move forward and bring online e-services to the new level, while automating them. This means that besides submitting tax claims online, when making online salary payments, taxes will be simultaneously paid in real-time and this way there is no waiting for the report or bank transfer to be completed.
e-Residency – we had to find a solution for how to solve the situation where the amount of taxpayers in Estonia is constantly decreasing due to our aging society. e-Residency helps us solve this - there are about 10 million potential e-Residents that could join our digital nation.
BSR countries are facing similar digital challenges. The countries can learn from each other and develop joint solutions. The BSR can become a pioneer in implementing a digital single market.
Period: Oct 2017 – Oct 2020 (36 months)
Budget:
Total: EUR 3,5 mill
ERDF Co-financing: EUR 2,8 mill
Partnership:
Ministries, industry associations and knowledge institutions from nine BSR countries (!)
14 full partners (EE 3, FI 1, NO 1, PL 1, LV 2, LT 4, SE 1, DK 1)
10 associated partners (DE 2, FIN 2, SE 3, NO 2, LV 1)