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Friday, 29.03.2024, 10:58
Estonian president: e-governance is effectively e-administration
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The Estonian head of state's message to the decision makers from the e-governance field attending the conference was simple: "Please remember that the task of government in the digital age is to develop services for people, and not to just manage a state's administration." Therefore, e-governance is increasingly becoming just e-administration, he said.
Ilves stressed the role of government in ensuring identity – both physically and increasingly digitally.
"I believe that the role of the government in the 21st century should be security and the protection of rights in the digital environment, and an inescapable tool in this environment is a reliable identity. It is time for governments to pay more attention to making sure that people are truly who they say they are on the internet," he said.
This year, the Tallinn e-Governance Conference focuses on the impact of the e-state on countries' economies and societies as a whole. This topic has also been examined in Digital Dividends, the World Bank's latest development report, for which President Ilves served on the advisory board.
The annual event organized by the e-Governance Academy (eGA) brings together decision makers, financers of development cooperation, representatives of civil society, and IT companies from around the world.
The conference will see the cybersecurity index developed by eGA introduced, which provides a unique tool for increasing the cybersecurity of countries. Ways how to measure and assess cybersecurity will also be discussed.