CEPI is proud to support Industry4Europe for an ambitious EU industrial strategy

Aug 3, 2018

Industry4Europe is a coalition of around 130 manufacturer associations committed towards the achievement of an ambitious EU industrial strategy.

#Industry4Europe initiative, CEPI’s a part of, has released four documents in the past months.

A governance structure

1. Ensuring an informed and permanent dialogue between the industry and policy decision-makers in association with civil society stakeholders (trade unions, consumers organisations, NGOs, academia) and;

2. A structure of European Institutions which allows for an Industrial Strategy to be addressed and implemented at highest level.

The governance structure document is available here.

Setting indicators

The aim is to propose a short list of indicators that can be used to both assess the health of the European industry and monitor the progress made by the EU on the implementation of its industrial strategy.

The indicators document is available here.

Declaration on industrial on EU industrial strategy
The representatives of the European manufacturing industry call on the European Commission to, among other things, refirm the commitment to reaching the target of 20% of GDP from industry, with an ambitious and realistic timeline and.

The full declaration is available here.

Joint reaction paper

Industry4Europe initiative  has also released a paper to react to “Investing in a smart, innovative and sustainable Industry. A renewed EU Industrial Policy Strategy” published by the European Commission.

The full document is available here.