# What a digital government looks like

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSummit 2019
- Speaker: Anna Piperal
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_piperal_what_a_digital_government_looks_like)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if you never had to fill out paperwork again? In Estonia, this is a reality: citizens conduct nearly all public services online, from starting a business to voting from their laptops, thanks to the nation's ambitious post-Soviet digital transformation known as "e-Estonia." One of the program's experts, Anna Piperal, explains the key design principles that power the country's "e-government" -- and shows why the rest of the world should follow suit to eradicate outdated bureaucracy and regain citizens' trust.

## Lectures

1. [What a digital government looks like](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/anna_piperal_what_a_digital_government_looks_like/39279e4788e9), 14 min (TED's player)