The architecture of an interoperable and secure eGovernment platform which provides mobile services

Interoperability and security are considered to be the most important ICT European policy objectives. They are directly addressed in this paper, which describes an innovative architecture designed to build a public administration platform accessible from different countries. Options for the interoperable and secure electronic mobile exchange of public sector documents among and between EU and non-EU regions are outlined. The initial implementation results of this secure, interoperable, open and affordable platform architecture upon which cross border government services are built will be presented. The implementation described is carried out within the EU IST international cooperation project SWEB (Secure, interoperable cross border m-services contributing towards a trustful European cooperation with the non-EU member Western Balkan countries).