E-governance in providing public services in Estonia: a case study
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Tallinn University of Technology, School of Business and Governance, Department of Law – Tallin Law School
Publication date: 2020-08-05
Organizacja i Zarządzanie 2017;74:77-93
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In current public administration, technology and internet solutions are playing a more important role in increasing efficiency and reducing costs. This article’s aim is explaining and analysing the Estonian model of e-governance providing services to citizens via different electronic solutions. The example of the Estonian Road Administration bureau is used to illustrate the possible ways of improving public service accessibility and making the service faster and accessible from different parts of the country without a need to appear in person in the office. First the development of Estonian e-service is described and analysed, the different stages of development are discussed and theoretical aspects are evaluated. The research results led to the conclusion that the success of the public service does not depend only on the proposed solutions, but also on the availability of information to the potential users - the citizens. The e-service has to be easily accessible, useful to the user and easy to use, if these elements are already envisaged in the development stage the service can also achieve the other objectives – efficiency and cost benefits.