The Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) aims to reboot Europe's economy and help Europe's citizens and

businesses to get the most out of digital technologies. It is the first of seven flagships initiatives under
Europe 2020, the EU's strategy to deliver smart sustainable and inclusive growth.
The digital economy is growing at seven times the rate of the rest of the economy.
The Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) aims to help Europe's citizens and businesses to get the most out of
digital technologies. It is the first of seven flagships initiatives under Europe 2020, the EU's strategy to deliver
smart sustainable and inclusive growth. Launched in May 2010, the DAE contains 101 actions, grouped around
seven priority areas.
The review of the Digital Priorities, published on 18th December 2012, identifies 7 key areas for further efforts
to stimulate the conditions to create growth and jobs in Europe:
1. Create a new and stable broadband regulatory environment.
2. New public digital service infrastructures through Connecting Europe Facility loans
3. Launch Grand Coalition on Digital Skills and Jobs
4. Propose EU cyber-security strategy and Directive
5. Update EU's Copyright Framework
6. Accelerate cloud computing through public sector buying power
7. Launch new electronics industrial strategy an "Airbus of Chips"
The full implementation of the updated Digital Agenda would increase the European GDP by 5%, or 1500 per
person, over the next eight years, by increasing investment in ICT, improving eSkills levels in the labour force,
enabling public sector innovation, and reforming the framework conditions for the internet economy. In terms of
jobs, up to 900.000 digital jobs risk going unfilled by 2020 without pan-European action while 1.2 million jobs
could be created through infrastructure construction. This would rise to 3.8 million new jobs throughout the
economy in the long term.
The original Digital Agenda approach and targets will remain valid, and the implementation of the original 101
actions remains a priority. The new key transformative actions complement these, and build on what has been
achieved so far.
The Digital Agenda contains 13 specific goals which encapsulate the digital transformation which we want to
achieve. Progress against these targets is measured in the annual Digital Agenda Scoreboard.
Vice-President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes is responsible for the Digital Agenda.

European platform against poverty and social
exclusion
Definition
The European platform against poverty and social exclusion is one of seven flagship initiatives of
the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
It is designed to help EU countries reach the headline target of lifting 20 million people out of poverty
and social exclusion.
The platform was launched in 2010 and will remain active until 2020.
Policy response
The Platform is based on five areas for action:
Delivering actions across the whole policy spectrum such as the labour market, minimum income
support, healthcare, education, housing and access to basic banking accounts.
Better use of EU funds to support social inclusion. The Commission has proposed that 20% of
the European Social Fund be earmarked for fighting poverty and social exclusion.
Promoting robust evidence of what does and does not work in social policy innovations before
implementing them more widely.
Working in partnership with civil society to support more effectively the implementation of social policy
reforms. The participation of people experiencing poverty is now acknowledged as a catalyst for
inclusion strategies.
Enhanced policy coordination among EU countries has been established through the use of the open
method of coordination for social protection and social inclusion (Social OMC) and the Social Protection
Committee in particular.
The Europe 2020 poverty target acts as an incentive for developing a stronger focus on social issues
each year in the European Commission's Annual Growth Survey.
These policy responses are in line with the social investment approach.
Key actions
Monitoring of EU countries' economic and structural reforms through theEuropean Semester
All EU member countries have translated the Europe 2020 targets into national targets and growth
enhancing policies. These individual efforts need to be coordinated to achieve the desired impact on
growth and better cohesion.
Scoreboard
The Commission has identified a number of actions to be implemented at European level and
designed to help meet the poverty target. They are explained in a staff working
document accompanying the Communication on the European platform against poverty and social exclusion.
The Commission will publish regular scoreboards on the work in progress.
Platform actions - completed
Platform actions - ongoing
Annual Convention of the European platform against poverty and social exclusion
The annual convention provides a valuable opportunity for dialogue between policy makers, key
stakeholders and people who have experienced poverty.
2013 Convention in Brussels, Belgium
2012 Convention in Brussels, Belgium
2011 Convention in Cracow, Poland