Welcome To Estonia (with Liisa-Ly Pakosta, Ville Sirviö, And Siim Sikkut) Let's Think Digital podcast

Welcome to Estonia (with Liisa-Ly Pakosta, Ville Sirviö, and Siim Sikkut)

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Follow the digital government space long enough and you will hear about Estonia. Despite being a small country of 1.4 million people with an overall economy that by total size is only 101st in the world, it is a powerhouse in digital government services. In the most recent United Nations e-government ranking, Estonia ranks 2nd in the world, and has been in the top 10 for many years.

So what is it about Estonia that has allowed it to leapfrog into being a global digital government leader?

On this episode we’re going to explore this question with those who have been on the front lines of Estonia’s digital government revolution.

We’re speaking to Estonian Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs Liisa-Ly Pakosta who was recently appointed into that role in July of this year. She has an interesting mandate as both the digital government lead for Estonia as well as leading the Justice portfolio.

We also spoke to Siim Sikkut, who was the CIO of the Estonian government between 2017 and 2022 and was one of those responsible for the development of Estonia’s e-residency program in his prior role as an advisor on digital government to the Estonian Prime Minister.

And we also heard from Ville Sirviö, CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions, the non-profit that leads development of one of the core pieces of digital infrastructure in Estonia, the X-Road.

You can also find the full, uncut interviews with Minister Pakosta, Siim, and Ville on our Let's Think Digital YouTube channel.

This is the first of two episodes on the Estonia digital experience. Watch out for our next episode where we delve deep into the topic of trust as a key ingredient for modernizing government.

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00:00 Welcome and introductions

03:17 Liisa-Ly Pakosta and the Estonian experience

07:25 Siim Sikkut and e-residency

20:31 Ville Serviö and X-Road

26:13 Getting past bureaucratic and political blockers

37:25 Improving the foundations

50:14 Conclusion

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