How could links be created for Europe

to become more competitive?

Paolo Bonaretti

General Manager ASTER S. Cons. P. A.

Important Considerations for the European Industrial Renaissance & Competitiveness

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Lessons from the “first” Renaissance: stimulate creativity and invest in

human capital

Technology is important but we must think out

of silos and develop “horizontal” capacities

We need to collaborate as genuine partners at regional, national,

European and Global levels

Competitiveness needs to be mainstreamed

across all EU policies and demonstrated at a

regional level

We need a Europe that encourages, nurtures and attracts talent to

drive growth

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Emilia-Romagna Strategy

Pilot transnational initiatives to

identify barriers for SMEs

& to inform on-going international trade

agreements

Tools to establish “integrated

competitiveness” baselines for

monitoring regional progress

Innovative financing

mechanisms for SMEs and micro-

enterprises

Model based on consensus & collaboration

(districts, clusters, high tech platforms)

Developing and extending the Global Mfg Renaissance

Alliance and the EU Industrial

Renaissance Alliance

Manufacturing/Industrial Renaissance The Drivers and Use of Funds

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Integration in use of funds at Regional level to achieve ambitions of the new EU Commission

Technology + Innovation + Digital

Human Capital Development + New Jobs

Green and sustainable industry

New instruments to finance the real economy

New urban economy (Research & Services)

Towards knowledge and know-how

Digital manufacturing and makers

Innovation and Smart Industry

Innovation in Access to Finance

Smart Regulation Skills for an

Innovative and Competitive Europe

Inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable

Growth

European Industrial Renaissance Alliance VISION Mainstreaming Competitiveness

Industry as the driver for European Renaissance

A Learning Platform for Integrated Approaches to

Mainstreaming Competitiveness - Regional Level Solutions

for a European Industrial Renaissance

Thematic Areas

The Global Manufacturing Renaissance Alliance

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Where to go from now?

Currently planning to implement:

With the EU A road show of thematic

workshops based on the EIRA themes– Starting in early 2015

With the US Piloting transnational

clusters

With the ILO linked to the preparation for the ILO Conference theme

“Global Value Chains”

Consultative workshops with tri-partite social partners on

the interpretation of the term “Industrial Renaissance”

Conclusions

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Set the basis for mainstreaming competitiveness across EU policies

Regions pivotal to establishing ecosystems that underpin the European Industrial Renaissance and leverage public and private investments

Smart specialisation is a catalyst to build on excellences and the synergy in the use of funds

European and international collaborative platforms contribute to innovation and higher value and the inclusion of EU companies in global value chains

Industrial Renaissance can pave the way for a new model of growth and can contribute to accelerating the completion of the Single Market

Emilia-Romagna’s experience at the European level and within the global value chains can be put at the disposal of the VI

Thank you for your attention

Paolo Bonaretti paolo.bonaretti@aster.it

General Manager

ASTER S. Cons. P. A.