Märt Aro, a cofounder of the globally operating university management software company, DreamApply, and the chairman of the Nordic EdTech Forum, “N8”, writes that each one of Estonia’s 1,400 public services available online could be exported and that’s still far from the full potential.
This is an edited and shorter version of the article originally published in FoundME media portal for startups, backed by Äripäev, Estonia’s leading business daily.
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Estonia's Minister of Foreign Trade and IT Kaimar Karu and the Netherlands' State Secretary for the Interior Raymond Knops, standing in for the interior minister of the Netherlands, have agreed about the next steps in digital cooperation between the two countries.
The Netherlands is increasingly interested in Estonia's experience with e-governance and digital solutions, first and foremost with ID-card applications and services based on the X-Road, spokespeople for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications said.
Read more: Estonian minister: IT cooperation with Netherlands getting new momentum
Tiny Baltic state has become a world leader in offering state services online
The hordes of stag and hen parties downing cheap booze in Estonia’s capital Tallinn may not know it, but they are enjoying their pre-marriage celebration in a technologically trailblazing country.
In the past two decades, the tiny north Europe country has become a pioneer of converting public services into online solutions for its citizens.
Read more: Estonia optimistic about digital future after e-government drive
President Kersti Kaljulaid made, what is reported to be, the first-ever digital signature to have taken place in Antarctica on Tuesday.
The president has been in Antarctica for several days as part of festivities commemorating the 200th anniversary of the continent's first sighting. One of the leaders of the 1820 expedition hailed from the Estonian island of Saaremaa.
Read more: EE: President Kersti Kaljulaid makes first ever digital signature in Antarctica
Collaborations between digital enterprises and the public sector to jointly develop e-governance between Estonia and Ukraine were launched on Tuesday with a series of events called a 'Digital Society Sandbox'.
The events were initiated by President Kersti Kaljulaid and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, and kicked off in Tallinn during Zelensky's one-day visit to Estonia.