Hinsetzen, Laptop aufklappen und im Web surfen: In den Cafés der Altstadt Tallinns ist das ohne weiteres möglich. Selbst einige Supermärkte, Buslinien oder Tankstellen bieten ihren Kunden über die WLAN-Hotspots von Wifi.ee Internetzugang. Zu verdanken haben Esten und Touristen das dem 43-jährigen Veljo Haamer, mit dem Golem.de über sein Projekt Wifi.ee gesprochen hat.
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that Estonia has good experiences in developing and utilising information and communications technology and the success of our e-solutions is an example of how technology can help to advance democracy.
"Estonia is prepared to share its experiences in the e-governance and e-involvement sectors with other countries," he stated.
Read more: Estonia supports advancement of open governance in Moldova and Montenegro
The e-governance project in the pro-Western Caucasus country, called by its Azeri acronym EHDIS, was developed by Estonian R&D company Cybernetica and software developer Aktors and is based on the X-Road technology used in electronic voting and by many agencies in Estonia.
The EHDIS development project is one of the biggest software projects exported thus far, with a price tag of over 7 million euros and numerous local subcontractors.
Read more: EE: E-Governance System Technology Exported Successfully
Tunisia has demonstrated its desire to become a more democratic and open country and sees information technology as a means to achieve that goal, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet said in a release.
One of the fundamental ideas behind the nationwide electronic database of health records launched in 2009 was to protect the patient, minimizing the chance of repetitive tests done by different clinics or prescription of same medicines by a different doctor. However, three years after its implementation, the system does not function as intended.
Read more: EE: Daily: E-Health System Still Largely Dysfunctional