e-Residency

Details of the organization
e-Residency
Estonia
https://e-estonia.com/e-residents/
Governments
  • The organization has a strategy for coordinating WSIS Implementation at the national level:
  • The organization has a national e-strategy: Yes

Information about the project
e-Residency
The Republic of Estonia is the first country to offer e-Residency — a transnational digital identity available to anyone in the world interested in administering a location-independent business online. e-Residency additionally enables secure and convenient digital services that facilitate credibility and trust online. e-Residents receive a smart ID card which provides the ability to: -Digitally sign documents and contracts -Establish an Estonian company online -Administer the company from anywhere in the world -Conduct remote money transfers -Access online payment service providers e-Residency offers to every world citizen a government-issued digital identity and the opportunity to run a trusted company online.
https://e-estonia.com/e-residents/
International implementation
Afghanistan, Anguilla, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Western Sahara, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Netherlands Caribbean, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Burundi, Belgium, Benin, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Belarus, Belize, Central African Republic, Canada, Czech Republic, Chad (Republic of), Chile, Cook Islands, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cape Verde (Republic of), Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, Faroe Islands, Gabon, Gambia (Republic of the), Guinea-Bissau, Guadeloupe, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guinea, Guam, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, China, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, China, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Marshall Islands, Malta, Mauritania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Madeira, Maldives, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mali, Malawi, Monaco, Montenegro (Republic of), Republic of Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Northern Marianas, Martinique, Montserrat, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal (Republic of), Niger, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Easter Island, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Congo, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Korea (Rep. of), Romania, Rwanda, South Africa, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Senegal, Seychelles, Saint Helena, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, American Samoa, San Marino, Solomon Islands, Somali (Democratic Republic), Spain, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Slovenia, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, East Timor, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Russian Federation, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, United States of America, The United States Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, British Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Taiwan, China, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ongoing from 01/12/2014 to 31/12/2025
Government of Estonia: Ministry of the Interior and its IT and Development Centre Police and Border Guard Board Ministry of Justice Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Estonian embassies and consulates worldwide Ministry of Finance Information System Authority Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia Government Office of the Republic of Estonia Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Enterprise Estonia (Estonia's investment agency)

WSIS information
      * E-government
  • Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
  • Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
  • Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
  • Programme