EP29 - In digitalization we trust! What can CEE and the EU learn from Estonia?

Every year Estonia saves more than 1400 years of working time and 2% of GDP. How? Through its digital public services. Until 1991, Estonia was a Soviet republic, but since regaining its independence, it has succeeded in becoming a “digital republic”: a frontrunner in digitalization in CEE and in the world.   Since the pandemic hit, the demand for digital solutions have risen unprecedently. What can CEE and the EU learn from Estonia? Can this small Baltic country provide answers to the digital challenges that we are facing today?  And isn’t an e-state particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks in the times of an increased hybrid warfare and cybercrime? Those are some of the topics that Malwina Talik (IDM) discusses with Erika Piirmets (E-Estonia Briefing Centre)  Our guest recommandation: e-Estonia podcast: The Art of Digitalisation CEE - Central Europe Explained is a podcast series produced by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, powered by Erste Group.    Guest: Erika Piirmets, Digital Transformation Adviser at the e-Estonia Briefing CentreHost: Malwina Talik, Research Associate IDM   Production and editing: Emma Hontebeyrie, Research Associate IDM  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.