C. Stephanidis and M. Antona (Eds.): UAHCI/HCII 2014, Part IV, LNCS 8516, pp. 443–452, 2014. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 Prosperity4All – Setting the Stage for a Paradigm Shift in eInclusion Matthias Peissner 1 , Gregg C. Vanderheiden 2 , Jutta Treviranus 3 , and Gianna Tsakou 4 1 Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, Stuttgart, Germany matthias.peissner@iao.fraunhofer.de 2 University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA gv@trace.wisc.edu 3 OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada jtreviranus@faculty.ocad.ca 4 SingularLogic S.A., Nea Ionia, Attica, Greece gtsakou@singularlogic.eu Abstract. This paper provides an overview of the recently started Prosperi- ty4All project. Prosperity4all aims at a paradigm shift in eInclusion. It focuses on developing the infrastructure to allow a new ecosystem to grow; one that is based on self-rewarding collaboration, that can reduce redundant development, lower costs, increase market reach and penetration internationally, and create the robust cross-platform spectrum of mainstream and assistive technology based access solutions required. This will be done through a process based on true value propositions for all stakeholders and resulting in a system that can profitably serve markets as small as one, at a personally and societally affordable cost. Keywords: Accessibility, ecosystem. 1 Introduction In our global society, access to information and communication technologies and services is increasingly becoming essential for everyone, leaving those who cannot effectively access and use these technologies at risk of exclusion from education, employment, commerce, health information, and almost every other aspect of daily living and civic participation. Those at risk include those who cannot use ICT and services due to disability, low literacy, low digital-literacy or aging related barriers. In the past those who could not access these technologies could get by, avoiding technology entirely. However, ICT is now becoming so engrained in all aspects of society that this is no longer an option. If we cannot provide access to these groups they soon will be unable to participate in education, employment, commerce, our health system, transportation, or even daily independent living. This need to ensure that everyone is able to access and use ICT however is occurring at the same time we