The Commission Roadmap for action Informal Competitiveness Council Athens 11 May !1" #ur o$%ective "Europe needs a strong and competitive industrial base, in terms of both production and investment, as the key driver for economic growth and jobs". #ur priority at present& Implementation of actions announced and preparation of the 2020 trategy !eview Three main lines of action
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Objective &anufacturing to be 20) of E* gross value added 'usiness (riendly Regulation ) *olicy Internal Mar+et Enforce Internal &arket legislation and surveillance &easures to implement an internal market for business services %romote an efficient system of standardisation including a calendar to facilitate the integration of markets for digital services and smart networks. 'usiness (riendly Regulation ) *olicy Smart Regulation ) *u$lic Administration *pdate of the mall "usiness (ct to further simplify regulatory environment and reduce costs of start+up and operations Ensure the implementation and enforcement of the ,ate %ayments -irective -evelop best practices for modern public administration with possible objectives for improvement 'usiness (riendly Regulation ) *olicy Access to raw materials and energy .rade and investment negotiations with third country to ensure affordable access to key inputs &onitor energy prices across Europe upport work to identify and eliminate unnecessary prices distortions created by ta/es and levies on energy, rationali0e funding of renewable energy sources. Support Measures for Enterprise ,rowth SME support and advice 1 !einforcement of the Entrepreneurship (ction %lan to advise and promote entrepreneurship skills among start up managers 1 !einforcement of the European Enterprise 2etwork and I%! 3elpdesks to support &Es operations across the internal market Support Measures for Enterprise ,rowth Access to finance 1 -evelop the financial instrument for &E lending supported but EI" and EI# funding Ensure efficient lending of 45&E, 3ori0on 2020 and EI# funding for &Es 1 -evelop framework for alternative sources of &E funding as foreseen in the 'reen %aper on ,ong .erm financing Support Measures for Enterprise ,rowth S+ills -evelopment of Erasmus 6 for trainees and young entrepreneurs *se financing instruments to finance partnerships with firms for vocational training (nticipate the conse7uences of industrial restructuring with reskilling projects Support Measures for Enterprise ,rowth Internationalisation 1 -evelop the &issions for 'rowth 1 -evelop the EE2 and I%! 3elpdesk in non E* countries as more effective support instruments for internationalisation 1 -evelop instruments with the EI" to support E* firms8 internationalisation Integrated innovative industrial $ase Support for innovative pro%ects 1 Implement recommendation of the task forces in the si/ priority knowledge areas 1 Establish %ublic+private partnership in key technological domains to leverage 3ori0on 2020 funding 1 Invest in %rojects of 4ommon European Interest for 9E.s 1 -evelop market based financial instruments such as project bonds . Integrated innovative industrial $ase Clusters and regional smart specialisation 1 .ake steps to involve industry in mart pecialisation strategies by facilitating collaboration between industry and regions 1 %rovide a platform in the form of an information e/change tool on collaboration opportunities between regions and firms across the E* 1 #urther support cluster policy with an emphasis on inter regional linkages Integrated innovative industrial $ase -issemination of technology 1 upport investment and dissemination of green technology :cleantech; 1 upport the dissemination of I4. adoption in industry and business services with an action plan Integrated innovative industrial $ase Industrial strategy for specific sectors 1 Ensure implementation of e/isting sector specific plans such as 4ars 2020 and the teel (ction %lan. 1 .ake measure to support service sectors with a significant potential to develop and &E base in the E* such as .ourism or the design industry Improved policy ma+ing .1/ Mainstreaming of competitiveness In practice, already underway inside the 4ommission. E/<
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*olicies& State aid modernisation 1 Cohesion policy
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(urthering cooperation underway in areas such as
climate0 energy digital agenda Improved policy ma+ing ./& 'uilding a partnership with Mem$er States and Regions -efine a role for the Competitiveness Council in the promotion of a coordinated industrial European policy Improve the mechanisms for the coordination of decision ma+ing on industrial policy at regional0 national and E2 level