Local Government
20
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Local Government
20
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Community
Capital
Tallinn
Population
1 320 880
Language
Estonian
Currency
Euro
Indexes
Democracy
23
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Democracy
23
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Corruption Perception
18/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
18/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
30
Very High
Human Development
Human Development
30
Very High
Human Development
World Happiness
55/156
World Happiness
World Happiness
55/156
World Happiness
Outstanding Innovation
In Estonia, the e-Governance tools were pre-existing to PB, and facilitated the spreading of the process throughout the country. Those tools enable online meetings and sessions, proposals submission, decision-making with digital authentication, public voting via ID-card, among other functionalities.
Principal Tendencies Detected
The PB initiator, in this case the municipality of Tartu, is perceived as innovative, so other local authorities tend to follow, combining learning and imitation in the process, seeking to engage citizens and to gather information on their needs and preferences.
