Estonian-Finland cooperation developing Cross-Border Services 19.11.2014 Mikkeli

Common Future – Developing Cross-Border Services

Risto Hinno Liivi Karpištšenko Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications 19.11.2014

X-Road in Estonia

Client

End-user services

X-Road

Local technology/databases

Document Exchange Centre (DEC)

DEC Information system providing a common central

records exchange service for EDRMSs and other information systems dealing with documents/records

Connected to the State Portal service “My Mailbox”

Alfresco GoPro

DEC

SharePoint National Archives

DEC “envelope” – XML container •Sender •Receiver Record metadata: •ID (GUID recommended) •Type •Date •Registration Number •Language •[Comment (for the receiver)] •Contact Information (phone, e-mail) •Computer File Information •[Reference number & date] •[Public access restricted] •[Signature Information]

EDRMSDECNational Archives

DEC

• In operation since 2006 • European e-Government awards: • Used for exchanging “traditional” electronic records

(.pdf, .doc, etc.) + e-invoices, legal acts, e-forms (.xml) • ( Merits (compared to e-mail):

secure transfer no spam tested with large files (several GBs) agreed set(s) of metadata asynchronous process; feedback (received)

DEC – Current Usage Users (public sector): • Constitutional Institutions – 100% • Government Office + ministries – 100 % • Governmental Agencies – 100 % • County Governments – 100 % • Local Governments – 86% • Others 30%

Records exchanged per month: 30 000 Delivery pending more than 24 hrs: < 1%

DEC – Cost Savings

*2012

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DEC – Cost Savings vs ICT costs

Cost savings €, cumulative

ICT costs €, cumulative

DEC – cost savings vs ICT costs

Co-operation between Finland and Estonia • Started officially in 2013 • Discussions between ministers • Discussions between Estonian Information System

Authority (EISA) and Ministry of Finance Finland (MFF) • Memorandum of Understanding about the co-operation

in the field of ICT signed 12th December 2013 (digitally) by Prime Ministers

• Estonia grants Finland X-road source code

Image source: Govt. Office of Estonia

World’s first digitally signed intergovt. agreement Dec. 2013

Cross-border e-gov: FI-EE

Cooperation considering data exchange

Tax area: • Payments made to employees • Withheld and calculated taxes • Employers of a natural person • Payments and taxes subject to social tax • Control of tax arrears’ absence • Legal person’s data on VAT

Co-operation considering X-road

• X-Road will be implemented in Finland

• Start of the production use planned H1/2015

• Finland will implement X-Road version 6

Co-operation considering X-road

• New version of X-road is coming (v6) • Implemented in Estonia and Finland

• One core X-Road which both countries implement independently

• Co-operation in next versions more tight-knit

FI-EE Cooperation: Nordic Institute

• Non-profit organization

• Countries (public sector) as members/owners

• Initiating members Finland and Estonia

FI-EE Cooperation: Nordic Institute

• Focus on research & development

• Members are responsible for maintenance

• Partners for consultation

• Private sector & non-member countries

Organizational Setup

Institute Focuses • Requirement management • Conducting R&D • Maintenance of documentation and

product source code • Licensing and distribution of products • Community building

Products • X-Road • Electronic Identity • Catalogue of services • Internet Voting System • Semantic toolkit • Open Data Gateway

Future: shared services

Impact • GDP:

• Finland: 770 mln $ - 12 845mln $

• Estonia: 73 mln $ - 1 224mln $

• Innovation • Model for others

Sources: The Economic Impact of Interoperability – Microsoft http://countryeconomy.com/

Introducing: e-residents

http://e-estonia.com/e-residents

Source: http://akupaka.deviantart.com/art/Finland-and-sister-Estonia-177422478/

Thank you! Risto Hinno [email protected] Liivi Karpištšenko [email protected]