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In today’s episode, Hannes Astok and Linnar Viik shed light on the world’s best driver of digital transformation – the COVID-19 pandemic. They talk about the main obstacles in the way of a defining moment for digital transformation in many countries. We know that paper-based public services are practically useless when whole countries are shut […]
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Since 2014, the yearly appointment with the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) of the European Commission is a perfect opportunity to assess the state of affairs on digitalization in all Member States. The 2020 issue of the Index, despite relying on data previous to the pandemic outbreak, gives us the possibility to evaluate countries’ […]
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Keywords: DESI, Digital technology, e-Services, Estonia, ICT in Education/e-kool, ICT infrastructure
Nothing is easy when there is a global pandemic in action. We have come to learn this the hard way, all of us, experiencing in first person all the problems and setbacks caused by the Covid-19 crisis. And still, in times where face-to-face contact is forcefully restricted, we can rely on resources for learning, communicating, […]
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| The project is responsive to the following SDG of the United Nations: 17 | How did we manage to reach 160 countries in the NCSI? This is a blog post about the barriers, lessons learnt and interesting facts of the management of the NCSI. The NCSI is one of those projects that […]
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Keywords: Küberturvalisus/Cybersecurity, NCSI
| Activities are responsive to the following SDGs of the United Nations: 11 – 16 – 17 | In a democratic society, the quality of the relationship between governments and citizens is a key talking point – and if not, most probably it should. Across the layers of governance, municipalities certainly represent the closest governmental […]
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As social distancing is enforced in most parts of the world, the Covid-19 outbreak has already issued a concerning verdict. We might be living in the information age, but digitalization has yet to reach – whether partly or in full – key components of the way life and service provision are organized. Naturally, healthcare jumps […]
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Digital transformation experts of the Estonian-based consultancy organisation e-Governance Academy have encouraged countries to facilitate e-governance and public e-services for more than 17 years. To date, the main arguments to develop public e-services were the hassle-free, transparent and more efficient governance to save time and money. The current Corona pandemic added one more argument: e-governance […]
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| Activities are responsive to the following SDGs of the United Nations: 11 – 16 – 17 | “No man is an island”, as English poet John Donne famously wrote. The ties people establish within a community tell us how healthy democratic life is. Be it in a municipality, a region, or a […]
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The turn of the decade brings new trends shaping the way governments deal with innovation. And who better than our own Linnar Viik could shed a light on the underlying dynamics setting the agenda for public digital development in the next ten years? In our latest post, we reviewed four ages of e-governance. The time […]
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Public sectors are not immobile subjects whose ways and processes are set in stone. Indexes and rankings help us portray a state-of-the-art situation but, sometimes, we need to zoom out. Is it possible to identify general macro-trends in the past thirty years of governmental digital transformation? And what do they tell us about foreseeable […]
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Keywords: Digital transformation, e-Governance
| The project is responsive to the following SDGs of the United Nations: 5 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11 – 16 – 17 | There seems to be shared consensus over the necessity for governments to keep up the pace with digital transformation. It is one of the positive, external pressures triggered by living in the age of the information society. Citizens’ expectations for efficient […]
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Keywords: Digital transformation, e-Governance
| The project is responsive to the following SDGs of the United Nations: 8– 9– 16– 17 | Technological development offers a unique opportunity to public actors in the developing world. It provides useful tools for a sustainable, all-encompassing strategy to improve population management and the local business environment. It’s not unusual, then, that e-governance-inspired […]
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Keywords: Digital transformation, e-Governance
Iga neljanda aasta märtsikuu esimesel pühapäeval, Riigikogu valimise päeva õhtul, on Eesti rahvas üks suur kõrv. Kell kaheksa suletakse valimisjaoskonnad ning juba lähema tunni jooksul on oodata e-hääletamise tulemusi. See on põnev hetk, kus hakkab selguma poliitiliste jõudude vahekord eelseisvaks neljaks aastaks. Sel aastal kujunes olukord eriti dramaatiliseks – poliitiline konkurents oli tihe ja 5% […]
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Keywords: e-hääletus, Estonia/Eesti
The report, published in January 2019 and made by e-Governance Academy’s expert team provides an analysis of the potential for e-governance in Africa, presents an evaluation and a ranking of countries based on the most recent data about the present level of the e-governance critical components. Moreover, the report suggests the next steps to move […]
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Lugesin läbi Eesti erakondade valimisprogrammid ning toon välja kaks teemat, millele on vaja Eesti e-riigi arendamisel senisest rohkem tähelepanu pöörata. Digitaalsete lahenduste kasutamine on tänapäeval ühiskonna elukorralduse loomulikuks osaks. Kõikjal maailmas. Mõndades riikides õnnestub see paremini, mõndades mitte liiga hästi. Eesmärgid on pea kõigil samad, arenguteed erinevad. Paremini tähendab infoühiskonna kontekstis seda, et me teame, […]
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Keywords: e-riik, Estonia/Eesti
Линнар Вийк пишет о том, в чем заключается инновация общества и какова роль государства в инновации. История технологий показала, что будущее всегда сильно отличается от того, как его представляют. Каждый раз, когда мы думаем, что что-то определенно произойдет через пять лет, мы ошибаемся. Потому что всегда появляется что-то еще, из-за чего технологии развиваются иначе. Мы […]
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Keywords: Digital transformation
Möödunud kahe aasta vältel kohandasid eGA e-demokraatia eksperdid Eesti omavalitsustes kasutusel oleva infosüsteemi VOLIS Gruusia oludele vastavaks ja kasutas seda Kutaisi ning Akhalstikhe linnas kaasava eelarve pilootide läbiviimiseks. Kolm linna – lisaks mainitutele ka Batumi – said omale uued kasutajasõbralikud veebilehed. Lisaks nõustasid nad Gruusia töö-ja tervishoiu ning rahandusministeeriumi uute kaasamislahenduste kavandamisel. Peamised õppetunnid avalikkusele […]
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Keywords: Avatud valitsemine/open governance