Description (short summary):
In May 2010, the European Commission adopted the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE), a strategy to take advantage of the potential offered by the rapid progress of digital technologies. The DAE is part of the overall Europe2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

The Digital Agenda contains commitments to undertake 101 specific policy actions (78 actions to be taken by the Commission, including 31 legal proposals, and 23 actions proposed to the Member States) intended to stimulate a virtuous circle of investment in and usage of digital technologies. It identifies 13 key performance targets to show whether Europe is making progress in this area.

In order to chart the progress of both the announced policy actions and the key performance targets, the DAE called for the publication of an annual scoreboard. This document is the first scoreboard, reporting on the progress of the DAE actions - and only those - between May 2010 and May 2011. It is accompanied by a series of online publications looking in more detail at specific aspects of the Digital Agenda, such as eGovernment or online trust and security.

Number of pages: 18

ISBN Number: N/A

Nature of documentation: Official reports and studies