ICT and the REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA What do

ICT and the REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA What do know about E-Estonia 1

Republic of Estonia in facts Location: Capital city: Northeastern Europe (southern shore of the Gult of Finland) Tallinn Member of: European Union, NATO, WTO, OECD Government: Parliamentary democracy Size: Population: 45 227 sq. km 1, 3 M Currency: President of Estonia: Toomas Hendrik Ilves Euro Language: Estonian

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Recent development in E-Estonia • Most highly-developed electronic PKI and ID system in the world • First country in history to make internet voting available in a nationwide election • First country to issue e-residency – access to E-Estonia 95% 98% 99% 100% of tax returns are filed via the e-Tax Board of medicines are prescribed electronically of bank transfers of schools and government are performed organizations electronically have broadband connection

Estonian ICT sector today Companies 3193 Average number of employers 18 970 Turnover of ICT sector 3 689 Million Euro Share of ICT sector in economy (turnover) 6, 8% Share of ICT services and products is 14, 2% of total exports Share of ICT professionals is 9, 3% of total employment Value added per employee 30 400 Euro Population of just 1. 3 million, yet produces more start-ups per head than any other country in Europe ICT sector: Software industry, other IT, electronic industry, Telecommunications. Data: 2013 Year 5

Estonian ICT Sectors Vision 2020 By 2020, the primary source of welfare generation lies in innovative application of ICT solutions to economic activities and public administration Digital agenda Work in progress Freshening up and moving forward Crossing borders Companies that could change the world From garage to board room

The results of our actions: 4 major goals Society Services Laborforce Value added ICT is having a profound impact on Estonia leads the world in the use of secure and reliable IT services The number of ICT specialists doubles from 18, 000 today to 34, 000 Adopting ICT solutions contributes to half the growth of targeted sectors economic performance the Estonian way of life 7

The power of ICT Cluster: What we cover Workforce development Cooperation Internationalisation Studies Presentation New partners New projects Network 8

ITL primary objective • • Unite Estonian ICT companies Promote their co-operation in Estonia To represent and protect members To express their common positions Unite 9 Promote Represent Protect

ITL key figures 49% 74% 75% 82 ITL members employ of the total workforce in the ICT sector ITL members accounted for of the total sales revenue of the ICT sector ITL members turnover is more then of Estonian ICT sector turnover members Most public and private e-solutions has been made by members of the ITL 10

System developers ITL members System integrators Equipment wholesale 11 Telecommunications service providers Schools and educators Software developers

Examples of ICT achievements • Launch of IT Academy – as a result of the education priorities of the ICT Cluster, an IT Academy was launched and made possible • E-delivery – concept has been developed in collaboration with businesses. We change the future of business! • Enlife – cooperation project and platform. Joint energy projects • Internet of Business /Real-Time Economy (RTE) - user-friendly, trusted and integrated digital environment connecting existing services to make an end-to-end platform for business 12

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