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Estonia is a country with a population of approximately 1.3 million, featuring major cities such as Tallin and Tartu, and abundant natural resources including forests, lakes, and rivers. The government comprises a parliament with 101 members, and the president is elected for five years, while Estonian is the most widely spoken language. Estonia is known for its innovative digital services, including online voting since 2005 and extensive public Wi-Fi, making it a leader in e-governance and technology.
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- 2. Part # 1 Citiesand other places in Estonia
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- 4. There are 1,500islands, 1,000 lakes and 7,000 rivers in Estonia. http://www.workinestonia.com/living-in-estonia/fun-facts/
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- 6. Unique parking entrance at the Estonian national operain Talinn. http://twistedsifter.com/2014/07/conductor-sticks-parking-entrance-estonia/
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- 8. Km2 People Peopleper km2 Estonia 45,000 km2 1.3 million people. 29 Switzerland 41,000 km2 8.2 million people. 200 Denmark 43,000 km2 5.6 million people. 130 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- 9. Almost 50% ofEstonia is covered by forest. https://academicexchange.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/20-fun-facts-about-estonia/
- 10. Part # 2 Peoplewho live in Estonia
- 11. Number of peopleliving in Estonia Year Number of people 2060 860,000 people. 2030 1.1 million people. 2015 1.3 million people. http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/estonia-population/
- 12. The parliament ofEstonia has 101 members. They serve 4 year terms. The President of Estonia is elected for 5 years. The President nominates the Prime minister. Each of Estonia’s 15 provinces has its own government. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Estonia.aspx https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/en.html
- 13. Languages people speakin Estonia Language Percentage of people speaking language Estonian 69% of people Russian 30% of people Ukranian 1% of people https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/en.html
- 14. Estonian is closelyrelated to Finnish. http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/estonia-population/
- 15. http://www.workinestonia.com/living-in-estonia/learn-estonian/#articleblock-Estonianlanguagephrases English Estonian Yes Jah NoEi Please Palun Thanks Aitäh Hello Tere Bye Nägemist Sorry Vabandust Useful Estonian phrases
- 16. Part # 3 Services,communities, and innovation in Estonia
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- 18. Examples of educationservices in Estonia http://www.ise.edu.ee/et/ http://www.est.edu.ee/ https://tik.edu.ee/p/232-ib-in-tallinn-english-college http://www.ebs.ee/en/ http://istartu.ee/ http://mhg.tartu.ee/ http://issuu.com/eas-estonia/docs/relocationguide_2014
- 19. ProgeTiiger, http://progetiiger.ee/, which translatesinto “Programming Tiger”, is a public- private partnership programme that teaches 5-year-old children the basics of coding. http://www.businessinsider.com/estonias-tech-success-comes-down-to-2-factors-2013-9?IR=T http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/07/economist-explains-21
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- 23. People in Estoniacan monitor their energy consumption in real time and choose how much of their energy will come from renewable sources. https://e-estonia.com/component/smart-grid-energy-sector/
- 24. http://avatud2013.ee/elektrimyyjad/ The electricity marketin Estonia has been open since 2013. There are several providers of electricity in the country http://issuu.com/eas-estonia/docs/relocationguide_2014
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- 26. In Talinn, publictransport is free for all residents. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/04/estonian-capital-world-first-to-give-its-residents-free-ride/
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- 28. Estonia’s 1.3 millionresidents have access to more than 160 services online. For example, people have been able to vote online since 2005. http://listverse.com/2014/01/08/10-outstanding-facts-about-estonia/ http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/strategy/how_do_you_govern_a_disrupted_world
- 29. https://e-estonia.com/component/e-cabinet/ Once Estonia adoptedits e-Cabinet system, the average length of the weekly cabinet meetings was cut from 4-5 hours to 30-90 minutes.
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- 31. http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/07/economist-explains-21 Tallinn Science Parkhttp://www.tehnopol.ee/en is a business environment with more than 150 technology based companies.
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- 35. Instead of developinga single, all-encompassing central system, Estonia created an open, decentralized system that links together various services and databases. The flexibility provided by this open set-up has allowed new components of the digital society to be developed and added through the years. Private-sector firms also offer services through the state portal. http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/strategy/how_do_you_govern_a_disrupted_world https://e-estonia.com/the-story/the-story-about-estonia/
- 36. In Estonia, thereis extensive public wi-fi throughout the country, even in loosely populated areas, enabling all citizens to have constant access to the Internet. http://bpr.berkeley.edu/2015/03/19/e-estonia-a-model-for-success/
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