places in category ’Starting a Business’ compared to previous year. Invest Easy has also been awarded: H H Sheikh Salem al Ali al Sabah Informatics Award 2016 in the Government category; Al Roya Economic Award for Best Government to Business e-service; GCC e-Government Award for Best Government to Business e-service etc. UNCTAD (GER.co rating ) rated Invest Easy portal in Oman with a perfect score of 10/10, naming it one of the five best government-to-business (G2B) solutions in the world Among other examples, in Germany the company launched an award-winning pilot to manage digital prescriptions, paired with medical video consultations in the federal state of Hessen, together with Optica and other partners. Operations Since the founding of the company in 2000, Nortal's solutions have been implemented in 60 countries across five continents. Nortal has eight home markets – Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Oman, UAE, Germany, United States and Serbia. Social Responsibility To promote learning and innovation, software development and IT-analysis, Nortal has launched cooperation initiatives with universities in Tartu and Tallinn, where Nortal's senior specialists run educational courses on a regular basis. Nortal supports mathematics and science education both through participating in the organization of science and mathematics competitions in Estonian secondary schools as well as by providing awards. Nortal contributes to the development of the Estonian ICT sector by providing know-how, consultations and financial support to Estonian start-ups through strategic partnerships with EstBAN, the Estonian Business Angel Network. Nortal was awarded the Silver Level in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by EcoVadis. People The company has been owned entirely by employees since 2016. The chairman of the board of Nortal is Priit Alamäe. The management board members include Andre Krull, Jaanus Erlemann and Neringa Narbutiene. References External links Official website Software companies of Estonia Software companies established in 2000 2000 establishments in Estonia Estonian brands Information technology companies of Estonia International consulting firms