E-Residency: the new way to attract international talent

In 2014 Estonia, as the first country in the world, launched e-Residency - a transnational digital identity for anyone in the world interested in administering a location-independent business online. This action has led to the increasing number of entrepreneurs who are establishing the companies in Estonia and running their business successfully using online applications designed for that purpose. But not only. E-Residency enables the talent to work and do business no matter what their country of origin is and the companies involved the program can have access to the global talent. Since launch, e-Residency program has attracted new Estonian digital citizens from 128 different countries, being a great opportunity for companies to establish their presence in Europe. This has also affected the task and role of local science parks, innovation centres, incubation or acceleration programs, being the gateway and development partner for entrepreneurs and talent joining the e-Residency program.