"The appropriate use of standards will help alleviate lock-in", says a draft guideline prepared for the European Commission, on the link between ICT standardisation and public procurement.

A short online survey has been launched on behalf of the Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission to gather views on possible ways in which public authorities could be helped to procure ICT goods and services that are based on greater use of Standard

The ECDL Foundation France received at the end of October 2011 the French Digital Champion Award for national actions on the promotion of the Digital Agenda for Europe.

The Swedish Minister for Information Technology and Energy, Ms. Anna-Karin Hatt, presented her country's IT strategy entitled 'IT in the service of mankind - a digital agenda for Sweden', on 6 October 2011.

The purpose of the first Digital Agenda Assembly, that took place in Brussels on 16 and 17 June 2011, aiming to assess the progress to date of the aims of the Digital Agenda for Europe, and to plan further concrete actions, was successfully met.

A Scoreboard has been published by the European Commission to show the performance of the EU and Member States in delivering on the agreed targets of the Digital Agenda for Europe during its first year, May 2010 to May 2011.