This Annual Reports and Accounts 2012 details the significant progress made by the Europeana Foundation and its partners and projects towards the goals set out in the Europeana Strategic Plan 2011-2015 and the Europeana Business Plan 2012.
As an aggregator, Europeana has been spectacularly successful, bringing together 21 million items and exceeding its 2011 content target by 31%. The emphasis will now be on distribution.
010 was an auspicious year for Europeana. It began with the publication of Europeana – Next Steps, a report by Helga Trüpel, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament, which was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers in May 2010.