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Version 1.00 // Tallinn, ESTONIA 2011. Estonian Foundation for E-services Eesti E-teenuste Sihtasutus. Background. Estonia has been a quick to implement electronic services (examples include e-banking and m-parking)
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Version 1.00 // Tallinn, ESTONIA 2011 Estonian Foundation for E-servicesEesti E-teenuste Sihtasutus
Background • Estonia has been a quick to implement electronic services (examples include e-banking and m-parking) • In 2010, a group of financial and IT firms formed a workgroup at the Association of Information Technology and Telecommunication (ITL) to discuss the possibility of a nationwide e-receipt system • It was concluded that there is a need for a central organization for enabling firms to develop and market e-services
Objectives The foundation has four main objectives • To stimulate the development and availability of e-services • To prepare and manage the infrastructure for the development and management of e-services • To ease access to data sources neccessary for the development of e-services • To co-operate with private and public sector actors to promote the advancement of an effective digital society in Estonia
Organization • ExpectedtobefoundedinFebruary 2011 • Founders: TBA • Council: 1 nominationbyeachfounder + governmentrepresentatives • Leadership: one-memberboard • Organization: 2 employees
Roadmap of the foundation • 2011 Q3 – launch of e-receipt pilot projects • 2012 Q3 – wider integration of e-receipt • 2012 Q4 – launch of Business X-Road platform for the development of e-services based on or using national data banks • 2013 Q2 – wide availability of e-services such as eNotary, eSealedLetter, eContract etc. • From 2013 Q2 – harmonized export of successful services to other EU countries
Benefits to founders • Participationintheplanning and developmentoffuturee-servicesinitiatives • Cooperationinthepreparationoftheinfrastructure and technicalplatformsforthedevelopmentofe-services • Increasedexportopportunities ParticipationintheshapingoftheEstoniandigitalsociety
E-receipt initiative Vision: To increase the efficiency of Estonian information and economic environment through green means- a nationwide shift to electronic sales receipts Mission: To develop a central infrastructure for the handling, management and archiving of electronic receipts
E-receipt: business case • The concept of e-services has been well-proven in the public sector in Estonia • Based on a 2010 study by the e-receipt workgroup, there is a significant demand with a willingness to pay for electronic receipts system • There are competence and experience to meet the demand • The national infrastructure supports a widescale electronic economy
Members of the initial workgroup • Cybernetica • Ericsson Eesti • ITL • eArvekeskus • SEB Pank • ItellaInformation • Webmedia • Eesti Post • Eesti Kaupmeeste Liit • Microlink
Contacts Doris Põld Estonian ICT cluster project manager Phone: +372 6177 145 e-mail: doris.pold@itl.ee