Glossary
One definition source supplies this page and the keyboard-accessible tooltips used across Digital Acquis. For practical explanations, start with the questions and answers; the methodology is the field-by-field tagging reference.
Policy priority
A Policy priority is one of 8 functional categories in Kai's strategic sequence. Every policy initiative has one primary Policy priority, chosen by its main strategic function rather than its formal sector or institutional home.
Strategic plan
A Strategic plan is a horizontal document that gives policy context to policy initiatives. The site shows a connection only where the catalogue records one.
Policy initiative
A Policy initiative is a trackable course of policy action. It may connect to strategic plans or other policy initiatives where the catalogue records a relationship.
Official output
An official output is a concrete publication or act associated with a policy initiative. A legal proposal and an adopted act are separate outputs. Publishing a proposal does not make it binding law.
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning covers overarching political and programming instruments such as the Strategic Agenda, Political Guidelines, Draghi Report, Commission Work Programmes, Joint Declarations and European Council conclusions. It provides context for the substantive map of policy initiatives.
Digital Policy Initiatives
Digital Policy Initiatives are concrete policy actions implementing those programming choices. Each one has one primary Policy priority, one status and one instrument-type tag.
Status
Status is one of Delivered, In progress, Forthcoming or Ongoing. It describes a policy initiative's broad policy stage and is not a statement of legal force.
Instrument type
Instrument type is one of Law, Communication, Recommendation, Guidelines, Framework, Funding, Governance, Policy objective, Instrument, Investment or Joint Declaration. It supports browsing and does not determine a policy initiative's identity or legal force.