Founded in 2002, the e-Governance Academy (eGA) is a non-profit think tank and consultancy organisation: a joint initiative of the Government of Estonia, Open Society Institute (OSI) and the United Nations Development Programme. It creates and transfers knowledge and best practice in the area of digital transformation: e-governance, e-democracy and national cyber security.
eGA can expertly empower central and local government decision-makers to lead digital transformation programmes to create smart, sustainable and effective e-government, e-democracy and cyber security solutions. EGA makes this happen through consultancy, training, networking, research and assisting in the implementation of your e-government technical solutions.
e-Governance Academy’s management system for its project management, study visits and consulting services have been independently certified to ISO 9001:2015 standards.
To date, eGA has cooperated with more than 200 organisations and trained more than 5,500 officials in 130 countries and regions. EGA is playing key roles in e-government and digital transformation policy planning and implementation including the formation of the lead organisations responsible for developing a nation’s interoperability framework and related legal and technical framework development and management.
Most notably, eGA has delivered digital transformation solutions in transitional societies, especially in Eastern and Central Europe, Asia and Africa. Additional cooperation projects have taken place with EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Faroe Islands (Denmark), Finland, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.
Facilitating the digital transformation of governments
The e-Governance Academy helps governments increase their governance efficiency and improve their democratic processes. For this purpose, we analyse and create information about e-governance and transfer Estonian and international best practices around the world.
The e-Governance Academy is a leading e-governance think tank and consultancy organisation.
