Margus Püüa, of the Ministry’s State Information Systems department, said that while some research has been carried out in Estonia already, a substantive impact analysis on the use of and satisfaction with eServices has yet to be conducted. He added that the purpose of the study was to develop a method and use it to assess how much time and money eServices can save.
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Hänni examined a chapter in the Cabinet's governing program named “From E-State to I-State” that aims to shift e-development focus towards citizens. The chapter has 33 steps from affordable, ultra-fast internet for every home to creating a "characteristic face" and positive international image for i-Estonia.
The tiny Baltic country of 1.3 million people has long led the way on issues like e-government and e-health.
When Estonia won its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, its economy produced very little and its people literally went hungry following the collapse of the Soviet economy and food and goods distribution systems.
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The purpose of the Information Society Strategy 2020 is to jointly create the conditions and agree on using the opportunities provided by information and communication technology (ICT) to manage the Estonian economy and society more efficiently.
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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.