28.09.2011 1 Ivar Tallo e-Estonia: strategic decisions for success Just to remind you …. We are a very small country in a cold Nordic neighborhood! Population: 1.4 mil people Area: 45.000 km2 Member of the European Union and NATO as of 2004 Regained independence from the USSR in 1991 Adopted euro in 2011
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28.09.2011
1
Ivar Tallo
e-Estonia: strategic decisions for success
Just to remind you ….
We are a very small country in
a cold Nordic neighborhood!
Population: 1.4 mil people
Area: 45.000 km2
Member of the European Union
and NATO as of 2004
Regained independence from
the USSR in 1991
Adopted euro in 2011
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Rank=28
Rank=12
Rank=28
Rank=24
Rank=25
Rank=47
Rank=34
Rank=19 Rank=12
World Economic Forum
The Global CompetitivenessRaport 2011 - 2012
Internet penetration 2011 (%)
Internet penetration, 31th Mar 2011Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats4.htm#europe
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100% 9792
86 8580
7669 68 66
60 58 58
4843
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GDP per capita in PPS (2009)
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
EUROSTAT
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� Internet penetration – 76 %
� 98% of under 35’s are frequent
internet users
� Fully functional e-government
infrastructure
� 7 years experience of complex
e-service provision
� 92% of Personal Income Tax
Declarations submitted on-line
� i-Voting on all elections since 2005
� First evercyber-riots
� „Cradle“ of Skype
Why Estonia?
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How did we get there?
1997 200220092010
Tiger Leap Foundation
to support ICT in schools
Computer and Internet
usage courses for 100 000 citizens –
look@world project
Come Along, computer usage
courses for 100 000 citizens
729 Public Internet Access Points
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Some landmarks
An intriguing question …
Why did Estonia differ from its Baltic neighbours?
Internet penetraIon rate as measured by Emor
6
6
29
18
22
42
31
39
53
44
54
64
55
63
71
62
68
74
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
Источник: ITU World Telecommunication / ICT Indicators Database
Источник: ITU World Telecommunication / ICT Indicators Database
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Politics matters
�Similar size
�Similar geographical location
�Similar social and political experience
� Estonia prioritized the ICT development and backed it
up by real government resources ~ 1% of budget every
year between 1994 and 2004
� The total sum not as important as continuity
The reasons for success
�General consensus among main forces
in Estonian society
� Commitment of political elites
� Right mix of private and public initiative
� Active role of government
� Project based development
� Little baggage of previous practices
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E-cabinet
2000 2011
e-Estonia as a political project.
E-Government infrastructure
� Access
– citizens: PIAPs, Look@World
– offices – village road 1, 2, 3
� Digitalized information
– Information systems and databases in all levels of government
� Formalized exchange
– x- Road - the connection of government databases by a data
exchange service layer
� Electronic Identity
– Authentication of a user by digital certificate imbedded in the ID