Governance
Estonians sign nearly 50 million digital signatures annually and save 5 work days each year. 99% of all government public services are online with more than 2400 e-services available.
In 2017 around 32% of people used internet for voting at the local elections.
Out of the total of 96 500 citizens living in Tartu around 50% are younger than 35 years. Tartu is only 4 hours away from Berlin by flying to our cozy airport. Almost all of the institutions that have connections to startups are miraculously located in about a kilometre wide area around the heart of Tartu.
Mobility 510 electrical and 240 regular bicycles will be installed in Tartu as a part of our new public transportation network which was designed mainly using big data. In 2019 all 64 public transportation buses will run on biogas or natural gas. In Tartu you can find 16 quick chargers for electric cars.
Economy We do things fast! You can establish a company online in 15 minutes and 3 minutes to file personal taxes which in Estonia by the way is one of the most liberal tax systems in the world with zero corporate income tax. Estonia has the highest number of startup unicorns per capita in the world. There are 1600 new companies established by more than 35 000 e-residents.
Environment 90% of apartment houses are connected to district heating while district heating in Tartu is green, clean and affordable. Tartu aims to replace all the remaining HPS and HIDluminaires by 2030. Today there are more than 3200 LED-luminaires in Tartu. Tartu is renovating 20 Soviet-style apartment houses from energy level F to energy level A.
Living Almost 100% of patients have countrywide digital record with close to 40 million health documents in the e-Health system. Tartu has more than 10 national sports events per year. Tartu Uus Teater has gathered over 320,000 â‚Ź via crowdfunding campaign to buy the building they have been renting till now and create their own theatre centre.
People Numerous institutions in Tartu are providing higher education for more than 16 000 local and international students. There have been 507 ideas submitted to the Tartu participative budgeting within last six years time. Tartu is international city it’s home for more than 108 different nationalities.