Estonian Internet Foundation
Acronym: EIF
General Information
Identification Code: 701682851461-70
Website: https://www.internet.ee/en
Entity Form: Non-Profit Foundation
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/9/2023
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Estonian Internet Foundation represents the Estonian Internet community and handles the management of Estonia's top-level domain .ee and its sub-domains. The key missions of the Estonian Internet Foundation are:
- representing the Estonian Internet community internationally, in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and other relevant organizations responsible for Internet management;
- managing ccTLD, other TLDs related to Estonia and handling the domain registration process in accordance with the wishes of the Internet community, including the national interests of the Republic of Estonia;
- enforcing the rules and fees of the ccTLD;
- keeping and managing the domain name registry and information systems around it, whilst ensuring their availability, reliability and security.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Digital economy and society
- Justice and fundamental rights
Levels of Interest:
- european
- national
- global
- sub-national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Main EU legislative proposals or policies Estonian Internet Foundation wish to target is related to domain industry, Domain Name System (DNS), Internet management and governance, management of domain regulation process and data related to it.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: INFORMAL COMMISSION EXPERT GROUP ON THE E-EVIDENCE DECENTRALISED IT SYSTEM#E03916#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3916 #MEMBER #C#Other#SMEs
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Paldiski mnt 80
Post Code: 10617
City: Tallinn
Country: ESTONIA
Phone:
Indic Phone: 372
Phone Number: 7271000
EU Office
Address: Paldiski mnt 80
Post Code: 10617
City: Tallinn
Country: ESTONIA
Phone:
Indic Phone: 372
Phone Number: 7271000
Financial Data
Closed Year:
Start Date:
End Date:
Funding Sources:
- Other
Other Source Info: EIF operating costs and main source of finance are mostly covered by .ee domain registration and renewal fees.
Contributions:
Total Budget: 1063098
Grants:
Current Year:
Grants:
Complementary Information: None of the contributions that EIF has exceeds 10 % of EIF's total annual budget.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 1
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.3499999940395355
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Affiliated with .ee accredited registrars (companies, entities from all around the world who sell .ee domain names to domain buyers), Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication (https://www.mkm.ee/en), Estonian Information System Authority, CERT (https://www.ria.ee/en/cyber-security/handling-cyber-incidents-cert-ee/monitoring-cyberspace-and-impeding-incidents), Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (https://www.ttja.ee/en).
Organisation Members: European coutry code top-level domain name registries (CENTR https://www.centr.org), ICANN (https://www.icann.org), IANA (https://www.iana.org), RIPE Network Coordination Centre (https://www.ripe.net), EuroDIG (https://www.eurodig.org), IGF (https://www.intgovforum.org/en)<
Current Job Opportunities
Junior Policy Officer at Estonian Internet Foundation
Estonian Internet Foundation
juniorBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025