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ICT and the

REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA

What do know about E-Estonia

Republic of Estonia in facts

Location:

Northeastern Europe (southern shore of the Gult of Finland)

Population:

1,3 M

President of Estonia:Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Size:

45 227 sq.kmCurrency:

Euro

Government:Parliamentarydemocracy

Member of:European Union, NATO,WTO, OECD

Capital city:

Tallinn

Language: Estonian

#EstonianMafia and ICT leaders

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

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95%of tax returnsare filed via thee-Tax Board

98%of medicinesare prescribed electronically

99%of bank transfers are performed electronically

100%of schools and government organizationshave broadband connection

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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

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

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The results of our actions: 4 major goals

Society

ICT is having a profound impact on

the Estonian way of life

Value added

Adopting ICT solutions contributes to half the growth of targeted sectors economic performance

Services

Estonia leads the world in the use of secure and reliable IT services

Laborforce

The number of ICTspecialists doubles from 18,000 today to 34,000

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The power of ICT Cluster:What we cover

Workforce development

Studies Presentation New partners New projects Network

InternationalisationCooperation

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ITL primary objective

• Unite Estonian ICT companies

• Promote their co-operation in Estonia

• To represent and protect members

• To express their common positions

Unite Promote Represent Protect

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ITL key figures

82members

Most public and private e-solutions has been made by members of the ITL

49% ITL members employ of the total

workforce in the ICT sector

75% ITL members turnover is more then of Estonian ICT sector turnover

74% ITL members accounted for of the total sales revenue of the ICT sector

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ITL members Systemdevelopers

Equipmentwholesale

Schools andeducators

Telecommunicationsservice providers

Softwaredevelopers

Systemintegrators

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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

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We really appreciate your attention

Contact us: Lõõtsa 6, Tallinn Estonia

E-mail: info@itl.ee

Phone: +372 617 7145

www.itl.ee

Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications

Estonian ICT Cluster