i2010 strategy - key documents

 

The i2010 strategy was presented in the i2010 Communication in June 2005. Since then, it has been reviewed through Annual Reports and most recently updated through the Europe's Digital Competitiveness Report.

 

• For your information: Europe's Digital Competitiveness Report (2010) is presented on Digital Agenda for Europe web pages

• Europe's Digital Competitiveness Report (Annual Report 2009)

• Mid-Term_Review_(Annual_Report_2008)

• Annual Report 2007

• Annual Report 2006

• i2010 Communication (2005)

• i2010 High Level Group discussion papers

• Related documents - other institutions, Member States

 

Europe's Digital Competitiveness Report (Annual Report 2009)

 

The European Commission's new Digital Competitiveness Report shows that Europe's digital sector has made strong progress since 2005.
The report was followed by a public consultation on what future strategy the EU should adopt to make the digital economy run at full speed.
 

• Communication: Digital Agenda for Europe, European Digital Competitiveness Report inclusive ICT Country Profiles

• Communication: Europe's Digital Competitiveness Report 2009 Main achievements of the i2010 strategy 2005-2009 in all official EU languages

  Colour brochure format: EN (8 MB)
  

• i2010 — Annual Information Society Report 2009. Benchmarking i2010: Trends and main achievements

• i2010 — ICT Country Profiles

• i2010 — List of actions

• Press release: Digital economy can lift Europe out of crisis, says Commission report (04/08/2009)

• The European Commission’s Information Society and Media Policies 2004-2009: 10 tangible achievements (770 kB)

See also:

• Public consultation on post-i2010: priorities for new strategy for European information society (closed)

• Commissioner Reding's speech Digital Europe - a vision for the next 5 years

• Study: Public policies and stakeholder initiatives in support of Digital Literacy

 

Mid-Term Review (Annual Report 2008)

 

During 2007, two years after the launch of i2010, the Commission reflected on whether its general approach remained valid and best suited to today's policy priorities for growth and jobs. The results were presented in April 2008:

 

• Press release

• Communication “Preparing Europe’s digital future. i2010 Mid-Term Review” in 22 official EU languages

• i2010 Annual Information Society Report 2008. Benchmarking i2010: progress and fragmentation in Europe’s information society (Staff Working Document Vol. 1) EN (397 KB)

• List of actions (Staff Working Document Vol. 2) EN (241 KB)

• Country profiles (Staff Working Document Vol. 3) EN (438 KB)
  

• English colour version: the Communication + 3 Staff Working Documents (1,5 MB)

• French colour version: the Communication + 3 Staff Working Documents (1,9 MB)

• German colour version: the Communication + 3 Staff Working Documents (1,85 MB)

 

Annual Report 2007

The second Annual Report, published on 30 March 2007, reviewed the Commission's and Member States' progress in implementing the i2010 two years on. It also updated the set of actions foreseen for 2007-2008. Finally, the report set out the key policy issues for the future which were going to be debated during the mid-term review of the i2010 strategy.
 

• i2010 - Annual Information Society Report 2007 (Communication), March 2007
  Colour brochure format: EN (1,6 MB), FR (1,8 MB), DE (1,8 MB)
  

• Market trends and progress in the information society in 25 Member States and EEA countries (Commission Staff Working Document - i2010 Annual Information Society Report 2007, Volume 1) EN

• List of i2010 actions implemented since the launch of this initiative June 2005–March 2007 (Commission Staff Working Document - i2010 Annual Information Society Report 2007, Volume 2) EN

• Key ICT indicators for the Member States, Norway and Iceland (Commission Staff Working Document - i2010 Annual Information Society Report 2007, Volume 3) EN
  These indicators are also available as country factsheets (around 155 kB each ): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom

• Press release

• The i2010 Annual Report draws on a wide range of studies, reports and statistical sources - those are listed on the other reports page.
   

Annual Report 2006

This Annual Report takes stock of the achievements of the first year of implementation of the i2010 initiative and updates the i2010 actions for the period 2006-2007. It is based on the associated Commission staff working paper, which reviews the i2010 key actions against the background of information and communication technology developments in the EU.
 

• i2010 - First Annual Report on the European Information Society, May 2006

• Staff Working Paper EN, FR, DE 230 kB

• Press release
  Information sheets:

• A summary of the first year’s results EN

• 2005-6: A period of rapid market developments  EN

• The world’s economies depend on Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) EN

• Adoption of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) by Business EN

• Policies and technologies that improve public services EN

• What comes next? Plans for 2006/2007 EN
  Download all Information Sheets in one zip file (494 KB)
   

i2010 Communication

The "i2010 – A European Information Society for growth and employment" initiative was launched by the Commission on 1 June 2005 as a framework for addressing the main challenges and developments in the information society and media sectors up to 2010. It promotes an open and competitive digital economy and emphasises ICT as a driver of inclusion and quality of life. The initiative contains a range of EU policy instruments to encourage the development of the digital economy such as regulatory instruments, research and partnerships with stakeholders.
 

• Communication: i2010 – A European Information Society for growth and employment, June 2005

• Press release: Commission launches five-year strategy to boost the digital economy

• Frequently Asked Questions
   

For a background to this Communication, see the preparatory work section.
The actions listed in this Communication are updated through the i2010 Annual Reports. The most recent list can also be found on the actions page.

 

i2010 High Level Group discussion papers

An i2010 High Level Group of Member States representatives advises the Commission on the implementation and development of the i2010 strategy. The Commission and the Group together produce thematic papers for the Group's discussions. The recent papers were produced to feed the reflection process on the mid-term review of the i2010 strategy.

• Issue paper on content in the context of convergence, April 2007  228 kB

• Issue paper on user and consumer perspective in the context of convergence, April 2007 227 kB

• Issue paper "The Challenges of Convergence", December 2006 174 kB

• Issue paper on the economic impact of ICT, April 2006 135 kB
   

Related documents - other institutions, Member States

 

• European Council conclusions about Digital Agenda June 2010

• Granada Ministerial Declaration on the European Digital Agenda April 2010 [more information from the Spanish Presidency]

• Council Conclusions on "Post-i2010 Strategy" - towards an open, green and competitive knowledge society December 2009

• Swedish Presidency Conclusions from Visby conference on creating impact for an eUnion 2015 November 2009

• Swedish Presidency report: A Green Knowledge Society - An ICT policy agenda to 2015 for Europe’s future knowledge society (1,88 MB)

• Council Conclusions on future networks and the Internet, November 2008

• Council Conclusions on i2010 Mid-Term Review 2008, June 2008

• Council Conclusions on the i2010 Annual Information Society Report 2007 June 2007

• European Council Conclusions (point 30) December 2006

• French Memorandum - Contribution for a digital Europe September 2006 [more information - external link]

• Finnish Presidency Conclusions on i2010 adopted at the 2006 high level conference on i2010 September 2006

• Spring European Council Conclusions (reference to i2010 in point 64) March 2006

• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on i2010 March 2006

• Opinion of the European Parliament on i2010 March 2006

• Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on i2010 February 2006

• Council Conclusions on i2010 (see Annex I, page 4) December 2005