The Estonian National Digital Decade Strategic Roadmap

February 2023

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Strategies and Action Plans

The Estonian National Digital Decade Strategic Roadmap 2023 outlines Estonia’s vision and plan for achieving its digital transformation by 2030. It aligns with the EU Digital Decade Policy, focusing on digital skills, infrastructure, public services, and business digitalization.

Key areas and goals:

  1. Digital skills
    • Increase the percentage of citizens with basic digital skills to 80%.
    • Expand ICT education and retraining programs to double the number of ICT specialists in Estonia.
    • Improve women’s participation in ICT and address gender imbalances.
  2. Digital infrastructure
    • Expand 5G and gigabit internet coverage across Estonia.
    • Improve broadband adoption (currently below EU average).
    • Strengthen cybersecurity and high-performance computing capabilities.
  3. Digitalization of public services
    • Estonia is already a leader in e-government but aims to further automate and integrate services.
    • Improve health data accessibility and compliance with Web Accessibility Guidelines.
    • Maintain high user satisfaction with public e-services (goal: 90% by 2030).
  4. Digitalization of businesses
    • Promote AI, big data, and cloud adoption among Estonian businesses.
    • Increase automation and digital transformation in SMEs.
    • Strengthen Estonia’s startup ecosystem and support for deep-tech innovation.
  5. International collaboration and investments
    • Participate in multi-country projects like European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs).
    • Focus on quantum computing, genome data infrastructure, and AI research.
    • Ensure sustainable funding for digital initiatives (total budget: €1.2 billion from 2021-2030).

Challenges and strategic actions:

  • Digital literacy gap – Strengthen education and lifelong learning programs.
  • Infrastructure limitations – Increase investments in 5G, broadband, and computing resources.
  • Regulatory flexibility – Develop agile laws for emerging tech while ensuring ethical data use.
  • Business competitiveness – Support digitalization in traditional industries and export-oriented tech firms.