Estonian-Palestina cooperation project about x-Road, implemented by e-Governance Academy was oponed on 29th of June by the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Prime Minister of Palestina, Salam Fayyad,.
As Estonian President said at opening ceremony, the buildig of modern, efficient state is as important for Palestina on it’s way developing indipendent country as gaining international praise. Also in poor circumstances, it is possible to implement different e-state solutions, which can increase the trust of citizens towards their state and goverment.
The objective of the project is to train and prepare state officials of Palestina for implementig digital data exchange. In this field (services of x-Road), Estonia has got one of the longest and most remarkable experience in the world.

The project is coordinated and implemeted by Estonian e-Governance Academy and financed by Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Delegation of high officials from Kosovo under the leadership of Mr. Michael Bodner, a senior adviser of OSCE, have spent last week of May in Tallinn studying Estonia’s valuable experience in the field of e-governance. Experts of e-Governance Academy provided informative presentations on the following topics: ICT strategic planning and management, the role of the national parliament in the information society, change management in the government, e-democracy and e-participation, legal framework for information society. Moreover, the lecturers from many other organisations involved in the institutional framework of Estonian information society gave the overview of their responsibilities and role in building e-governance in Estonia. e-Governance Academy is pleased to welcome study groups from Kosovo and hopes further to contribute to the development of Kosovo’s e-state.
Sri Lanka Superior Court Judges came with a two-day study visit to Estonia. At the end of May the e-Governance Academy was pleased to welcome Hon. Asoka de Silva, the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Hon. Jagath Balapatabendi, Judge of the Supreme Court and Hon. Sathya Hettige, President of the Court of Appeal. The introduction to the main ICT developments in Estonia was given by Mr. Ivar Tallo, the member of the Executive Board of eGA. Naturally, the pros and cons of the application of ICTs in court systems was one of the discussion topics.

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eGovernance Academy started on May 25 the project in Palestine: National Authority Development of X-road – interoperability network for better governance and public services. Project is financed by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs international development cooperation programme.


In the beginning of April the Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society of Serbia, Ms. Jasna Matić, accompanied by the high officials from the ministry and the ambassador of Serbia from Estonia, was welcomed at the e-Governance Academy (eGA). Mr. Ivar Tallo and Mr. Arvo Ott, the members of the Management Board of eGA, gave an overview of the activities and history of Academy, as well as presented the main aspects of e-government in Estonia. Furthermore, the prospects of the future cooperation have been discussed.
During the short visit of Kosovo Minister of Public Administration, Mr. Arsim Bajrami, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Kosovo Ministry of Public Administration and e-Governance Academy (eGA).
The purpose of the MoU is to establish conditions under which eGA will provide expertise and training to the employees of the Kosovo Ministry of Public Administration. The possible topics of the planned trainings are related to the importance and implementation of e-government projects and e-transactions
At the end of March delegation from Croatia took a study tour on Estonian e-governance and eID. e-Governance Academy organised the visit as well as revealed some secrets of e-Estonia’s success via providing the delegation with thorough lectures about the political background of e-government in Estonia, main ICT development projects, X-Road, eID, service portal www.eesti.ee. Moreover, the senior officials from ministries were inspired by the presentations in the Certification Centre, the State Informatics Center, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication, the Centre of Information Systems and Registers of the Ministry of Justice, the Parliament of Estonia and Estonian ICT Demonstration Centre. e-Governance Academy is looking forward to continuing cooperation and providing competent consultation and assistance in building e-Croatia.
Internet voting was the topic of discussions at the e-Governance Academy on March 15 and 16, as the Academy hosted work meetings for a team organised by the Belgian Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs. The Belgian authorities are investigating the possibility to introduce a system of Internet voting for those Belgian citizens living abroad. To achieve this, however, firm choices need to be made and a clear project track needs to be established. The Belgian team had already before gathered experiences from different countries, and came to Estonia to find out exactly what makes the Estonian system a success. To this end, in-depth discussions were organised with several Estonian experts.
On the 25th of February the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy, Mrs. Rosa Maria Chicco Ferraro, has visited e-Governance Academy (eGA). The Members of the Board of eGA, Mr. Ivar Tallo and Mr. Arvo Ott presented an overview of eGA's historical aspects, competences and contemporary programms and services. The possibility of cooperation has been discussed.