She gave Estonia's positive experiences of the use of digital signatures and interagency data exchange as examples, saying they could be implemented internationally. "The aim of cross-border digital solutions like digital signatures and data exchange is to make communicating more convenient and efficient for everyone, especially companies," she explained. "It has a direct economic impact, too."
Minister Sulling noted that digital signing has already been facilitated between Finland and Estonia and that it will soon be possible between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
For more information see the press release on the website of the Government of the Republic.
Also discussed at the NB8 summit – which is the official meeting of the government leaders of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – were the economic situation in Europe, security in the Nordic-Baltic region and transatlantic relations.
Nordic Summit 2014 in Stockholm
28 October marks the start of the 66th session of the Nordic Council or the Nordic summit in Stockholm, at which ministers and representatives of parliament from all five Nordic countries will debate how best to remove border barriers from the single labour market and education so as to enliven the economy, create jobs and boost the competitiveness of the region. The Ukrainian crisis and security policy tension in the Baltic Sea region have also seen foreign and defence policy added to the summit's agenda.
Delegations from the Russian Federation and the Baltic Assembly have been invited to the summit to take part in the discussions.
Traditionally, the prime ministers of the Nordic countries and Baltic States meet the day before the summit starts. At the NB8 summit Minister of Foreign Trade and Entrepreneurship Anne Sulling stood in for Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, who had to remain in Estonia due to work commitments.
Attending the summit in Stockholm from the Estonian office of the Nordic Council of Ministers is communications adviser Triin Oppi.
A live broadcast of the summit can be viewed and the latest news is available on the official website of Nordic cooperation.