In focus: Estonia

Monika Jõela, Programme Manager at the e-Governance Academy in Tallinn, Estonia talks about the academy, Estonia and e-Governance in Europe. […]

e-Banking Technology, Estonia

[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Background
Estonia is internationally renowned for being a pioneer in the adaptation to new banking technologies. Estonia is currently belonging to the country group of medium Internet penetration on the global scale outnumbering its Baltic neighbours and Eastern-European countries but being somewhat behind from the Scandinavian countries, USA, Canada, leading European countries and some Asian countries.

Estonia : Monika Joela, Program Manager, eGA, Estonia

Tallinn’s Old Town, or even the Vana Tallinn (Estonian aperitif). Estonia has been making leaps in its