EU Industry Days 201929 Jan 2019

#Blockchain4EU at EU Industry Days 2019

The EU Industry Days 2019 will focus on key industrial challenges such as sustainability, digitalisation, investment and globalisation. The event, on 5-6 February, will demonstrate how EU industrial policy benefits European citizens and provide input for future policy making. This will gather around 1,500 participants from across Europe and beyond, including stakeholders representing industry, trade unions, national and regional authorities, and civil society. You can read more about the EU Industry Days 2019 on its

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27 Apr 2017

Non-ferrous Metals Manufacturing: Vision for 2050 and Actions Needed

Our report on the Future of non-ferrous metals (NFM) has just been published! This report comes at the end of a yearlong process during which the EU Policy Lab worked with representatives of the non-ferrous metals industry and other associations from this sector, researchers, trade unions and our EU-policy-making colleagues. First we identified the main agents of change and analysed the production and consumption system of the NFM industry to co- create a 2050 vision

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24 Nov 2016

Future of textile and clothing industry: impacts of the vision 2025

The future of industry project is approaching its end as we have completed the process on the second case study on non-ferrous metals. With this study, we wanted to develop a process to engage with industry sectors in order to understand the challenges facing European manufacturers, and to develop recommendations in response (you can read more about this project in the related page). One year has already passed since the future vision 2025 for the

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Future of Industries - Non ferrous metals12 Jul 2016

A vision for the non-ferrous metals industry in 2050

On 20th and 21st June, we held our first workshop on the future of the non-ferrous metals (NFM) industry in Europe. This is the second case study of the Future of Industry project that we are currently running for the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). The purpose of this workshop, the first of two, was to identify and understand the key drivers of change for the European non-ferrous metals

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17 May 2016

The Future of the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry – First workshop

  We are currently conducting a study on the future of the European non-ferrous metals industry, the second case study in the framework of our project on the future of industry. The project is set in the context of the broader initiative of the European Commission to increase the competitiveness of European industries by 2020. The aim of this study is to develop a long-term vision of the European non ferrous metals industry sector. The project also

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9 Nov 2015

Future of Industry project: understanding the textile sector

The Future of Industry project is set in the context of calls for a European 'industrial renaissance' and a commitment to raise the industry share of GDP in the EU from 16% to 20% of GDP by 2020. The objective of this study is to develop a process to engage interactively with industry sectors and relevant stakeholders in order to understand the challenges facing European manufacturers, and to develop recommendations in response. First workshop: developing

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