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In the face of globalisation and intense international competition, the European Commission has launched a new industrial policy in 2005 to create better framework conditions for manufacturing industries in the coming years. The manufacturing industry matters to the EU, it employs over 34 million people, it accounts for three quarters of EU exports and over 80% of EU private sector R&D expenditure. Whether or not a business succeeds or not ultimately depends on the vitality and strength of the business itself, but the overall environment can help or harm business prospects.
The new EU industrial policy will complement work at Member State level to support a strong and dynamic industrial base. It includes seven new initiatives - on competitiveness, energy and the environment, on intellectual property rights, on better regulation, on industrial research and innovation, on market access, on skills, and on managing structural change - which will benefit a wide range of industry sectors. Seven additional initiatives are targeted at specific sectors such as pharmaceuticals, defence and Information and communication technologies.
The approach underlying the new industrial policy is based on a detailed screening of 27 individual sectors of manufacturing industry and construction. It builds on the success of several joint initiatives undertaken by the Commission with, for example the shipbuilding and car industries. This industrial policy is an important step in the delivery of the Commission’s new Lisbon “Partnership for Growth and Jobs”.
Grants in the frame of the business cooperation, investment and exchange of experience between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of Europe and Latin America
Domains concerned
Industry - Services - Co-op & Development - SME Policy - Economy - Finances - Trade
Technical assistance to regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013 to help them prepare major infrastructure projects
Domains concerned
Public management - Transport - Local development - Energy - Environment - Industry
New framework programme for research and technology aiming at better exploiting research capacities in Europe and transforming scientific results into new products, processes and services.
Domains concerned
Research - Transport - Energy - Environment - Industry - Innovation - New technologies - Health
The funding schemes (or instruments) of the 7th Framework programme of Research and Development will be used to implement different types of projects and actions falling under the whole set of thematic and specific FP7 programmes
Domains concerned
Research - Industry - Innovation - Services - New technologies - SME Policy
