The 100 euro e-gov portal

In this paper we present an initiative that is lead by ALTEC Research, which is a part of the work carried out in the European IST Project OneStopGov (http://www.onestopgov-project.org). It follows the logic of the 100 $ laptop and builds on experiences and lessons of the latter to improve the situation in the addressed field. More specifically we promote the idea of a truly low cost and generic e-Government solution that will be open for download as an integrated product and service suite that can be purchased and used for free or with an extreme low cost (similar to the 100 dollar laptop) so that some basic costs for running the promotional campaign can be subsidised. The successful realisation of our vision, depends not only on marketing a cheap product, but also on ensuring that the process of its adaptation by the potential deployment parties will stay on affortable levels.