The e-Government Academy will help develop the cross-use of electronic databases in Palestine in order to better administer and provide public services. Estonia’s experiences in organising e-training sessions and in using the information technology in administering the education sector will also be shared with Palestine.
Read more: Estonia to help Palestine in developing e-services
“This is something the news on which has spread and everyone wants to see the developments with their own eyes – what does m-parking mean? What do Estonians do with ID cards? What do e-elections look like?” explained Kaunissaare.
Read more: Foreign journalists’ focus in Estonia is mostly on e-Government
During their meeting, the foreign minister of the Republic of Korea was first and foremost interested in the utilisation of information technology in the Estonian public sector. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that there is a great deal of untapped potential in economic and trade relations between Estonia and South Korea.
Read more: Foreign ministers of Estonia and South Korea discussed co-operation
Prime Minister Ansip elaborated on both e-voting, e-Tax Board and other more common Internet-based services in Estonia - amongst other things, the popularity of online banking. His Japanese counterpart noted that there was great interest in applications for e-government as well as for the Estonian ID card.
The €2.2m EU-funded project, which has been developed by the Estonian e-Health Foundation, aims to provide patients with a cross-country e-registration system that lists all the doctors and health services in Estonia.