Below we summarise in bullets the main outcomes of the 100€ e-Gov portal profiling process as this has been shaped after the discussions within our group, the OneStopGov consortium and the interactions we had through the organised workshops.

•	Our main idea is for an eGov product and service suite that can be purchased and used with low cost i.e. something similar to the 100 dollar laptop
•	The successful realization of our vision, depends on
	–	marketing a truly low-cost product while
	–	ensuring that the process of its adaptation by the potential customer will stay on affordable levels
•	We adopt the 100 dollar laptop features for our low-cost eGov features this means that the 100€ e-Gov portal should so that
	–	Anyone can use it everywhere
	–	Can be used by anyone
	–	Low-cost
	–	Easy to use
	–	Easy to setup
	–	Easy to maintain
	–	It does not provide admirable features - but it does the job!
•	Our priority is simply to have something that works, and not a sophisticated solution that will stay in papers.
•	We need a simple cheap solution that works anywhere
	–	No costly adoption feasibility studies for Public Authorities
	–	No need for building costly infrastructure
	–	And easy and cheap to learn
•	Our proposal includes an overall framework that will provide clear guidelines and recommendations for adapting our e-Government solution. This framework includes:
	–	A description of government principles, its benefits and barriers
	–	A roadmap and guidelines for public authorities at all levels wishing to realize e-government
•	Flexible modular architecture
	–	That covers the absolutely necessary functionality, and any additional built on it
•	Open architecture, allowing Public Authorities to change/build on it on their own
•	Able to integrate with existing back office having minimum requirements
•	In any case, our proposed eGov product suite will provide a solution simple to deploy, use and maintain for any Public Authority with minimal effort.

The most convincing argument that speaks for the adoption of a 100€ e-Gov portal is that there is a well-existing space for such a solution currently in the market that is also – quite surprisingly, though – not expected to be satisfied by some similar or same solution.

A great majority of authorities all over the globe, and in all different types of worlds (first, second, etc.) seems to have ignored the need for forward compatibility in terms of providing some basis that is capable to serve variable needs in different contexts and service supply environments.

Nobody can predict the needs that shall appear after two or ten years. First world authorities invest huge amounts of resources of all types (monetary, human and technology) for building more sophisticated systems and catch up with developments in both the business and the technology front.

Less favoured regions cannot participate in equal terms to this game. The solution that we support relates with an entry level portal solution that will be extremely cost efficient for purchase, installation, parametrisation and use and shall enable communities and organisations all over the world to not miss the train of growth and development.

Research work that we have been carrying out in the context of the OneStopGov project enabled us to experiment with a life-event approach to one-stop government that is based around citizens’ needs and, for its realisation, a life-event platform will be specified, developed and evaluated.

Such a platform is capable to leverage key state-of-the-art technological innovations, including ontologies, portals, life-event reference models, web services, dialogue-based user interfaces and generic workflow software.

However, the nature of the expectations is different when considering the case of addressing requirements of organisations and authorities where the penetration of new technologies cannot take place in a systematic way but in needs-driven and opportunity-based ones.


To get more information about the OneStopGov project and the 100 Euros portal initiatve contact Themis (tambouris@uom.gr) and Marios (cham@altec.gr).