OREANDA-NEWS. February 16, 2012. On the basis of a study carried out on commission by the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Communications it has appeared that Estonian entrepreneurs are well using information and communication technology (ICT) to make production processes more effective and more environment friendly (green ICT).

Lack of complete solutions was pointed out as the main weakness in case of Estonia. The machines and installations for the application of software developed in Estonia are bought from other countries and complete solutions are not created in cooperation with local IT companies and installation producers, the ministry said.

As a result, the study sees as its biggest challenge in the development of cooperation between entrepreneurs of different spheres.

Proceeding from the above existence of an international cooperation network is of great importance, both for the supply of equipment as well as for the export up modified products. Due to the small size of the Estonian companies international cooperation is often difficult, it appears from the study.

For developing the sphere the study recommends state subsidies for the promotion of Green ICT and for making investments.

Proceeding from the results of the study, the ministry in cooperation with partners and interest groups will start working out a state program.