Libraries are part of the national information infrastructure and thus their activities are linked to the realization of national policies, development plans and strategies, with the aim of developing a knowledge-based information society. The research and development activities and projects carried out by the libraries, serve that aim.

Legal acts regulating Research and Development activities

• Organisation of Research and Development Act

Policies (in Estonian)

• Research policies
• Innovation policies
• Information society development plan 2013
• The basis of national information policies for 2004-2006
• Plan for Information policies in 2005
• Plan for Information policies in 2006 
• The basis of Estonian culture policies

Strategies (in Estonian)

• Estonian Cultural Strategy 2008-2011 (in English)
• Estonian Cultural Strategy 2007-2010
• Estonian success 2014
• Knowledge-based Estonia. Strategy for Estonian Research and Development activities and innovation in 2007-2013
• Knowledge-based Estonia. Strategy for Estonian Research and Development activities in 2002-2006
• Current status of Research and Development activities in Estonia
• Strategy for the digital preservation of Estonian cultural heritage in 2004-2007

Development documents (in Estonian)

• Developing an information society: Estonian national development plan for the usage of the EU structural funds - joint document for the years 2004-2006: "Developing an information society" - conditions and regulations for the compilation of the implementation of the development plan
• The national IT architecture
• The national IT framework 2004
• Development plan 1998-2000, part I
• Develpment plan 2001-2005, part II

National programs (in Estonian)

• The Estonian language and national memory (2004-2008)
• Collections of humanities and natural sciences (2004-2007) 
• Program for developing Research and Development infrastructure

National information society development projects

• X-tee (X-Road)
• KülaTee 3 (VillageWay 3)
• Tiigrihüpe (Tiger Leap)

National structures

State Chancellery of the Republic of Estonia

• Research and Development Council
• Research Policy Committee (in Estonian)
• Innovation Policy Committee (in Estonian)
• Informatics Council

Estonian Ministry of Education and Research

• Index of Research and Development institutions
• Council of Research Competence
• Estonian Mobility Portal
• Financing of Research activities
• Estonian Research Portal

Estonian Ministry of Culture

• Council of the Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage
• Council of the preservation of cultural heritage in libraries, museums and archives

Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

• RISO: State Information System

Estonian Science Foundation

 European structures

State Chancellery

• Co-ordination of EU affairs in Estonia
• EU Secretariat

Archimedes Foundation

• European Union Innovation Centre

Enterprise Estonia Foundation

The Representation of the European Commission in Estonia

Europe's Information Society Portal

• European Culture Portal
• Researcher's Mobility Portal

EU funds

6th framework program of EU Research and Development activities

7th framework program of EU Research and Development activities

EU Digital Content program eContent

EU Culture program Culture2000

• Cultural Contact Point Estonia

CORDIS Community Research&Development Information Service

• RTD Research&Technological Development programmes
• News Service
• RTD Projects Database
• Partners Service
• CORDIS Contacts
• RTD Publications
• CORDIS Magazines
• CORDIS Document Library

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