E-estonia.com Website Review

Estonians are pathfinders, who have built an efficient, secure and transparent ecosystem that saves time and money. e-Estonia invites you When Estonia started building our information society about two decades ago, there was no digital data being collected about our citizens. The general population did not have the internet or even devices with which to use it. It took great courage to invest in IT Here are some of our best e-solutions that have led to Estonia becoming one of the world’s most developed digital societies. e-Governance is a strategic choice for Estonia to improve the competitiveness of the state and increase the well-being of its Citizens can select e-solutions from among a range of public services at a time and place convenient to them, as 99% of public services are now available to citizens as e-services. In most cases there is no need to physically attend the agency providing the service. The efficiency of e-Government is most clearly expressed in terms of the working time ordinary people and officials save, which would For more information: Estonian information society strategy 2020 Modern e-solutions have made setting up and running a business in Estonia quick and easy. Estonian e-solutions for business, such as electronic tax claims, have pared bureaucracy down to a bare minimum and facilitated an environment where business is extremely convenient. Today, you can pay your taxes in Estonia only in one click - all you need is 3-5 minutes for the tax filing process and it's done! That is why each year, around 95 per cent of all tax declarations in Estonia are filed electronically. Running a modern state is a data-driven endeavour and for e-Estonia the open-source backbone is X-Road. This is the invisible yet crucial environment that allows the nation’s various e-service databases, both in the public and private sector, to link up and operate in harmony, and saves more than 800 years of working time for the state and citizens annually.