Industrial Policy for an Industrial Renaissance

Eliana Garces TolonDG Enterprise and IndustryEuropean Commission

6 May 2014

Exports to the rest of the world have been the main driver of industrial activity

Priorities of our industrial policy

1. Mainstream industrial competitiveness

2. Mobilize financial resources at our disposal

3. Provide more business friendly environment

4. Ease access to production inputs (finance,

skills, raw materials, energy)

5. Maximise potential of EU's internal market

6. Internationalise

Europe 2020

Internal Market / Better

Regulation

Industrial Policy

SME Policy

Innovation Policy

Promotion and support

COSME financing instruments, ESIF, Horizon 2020.

DG ENTR

Space and Security

Galileo

Legal Base – Art 173 / Industrial Competitiveness / Promoting co-ordination

Areas for co-operation

Exchange of good practice in policy implementation

Benchmarking, building upon established indexes

and indicators

Keep linking business and promoting access to

global markets

Thank you!

Contact: eliana.garces-tolon@ec.europa.eu