Maritime industries

Industry must be placed centre stage if Europe is to remain a global economic leader. This is the core message of the Communication on "An integrated industrial policy for the globalisation era" adopted by the European Commission today on the initiative of Vice-President Antonio Tajani. The Communication, a flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 strategy, sets out a strategy that aims to boost growth and jobs by maintaining and supporting a strong, diversified and competitive industrial base in Europe offering well-paid jobs while becoming less carbon intensive.

The High-Level Expert Group on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) is requested to deliver policy recommendations to promote the industrial deployment of KETs. To provide the opportunity for all stakeholders to give input into this process, the KETs Working Group on Micro- and Nanoelectronics organised an Open Day on 18 October 2010 in Brussels.

More than 450 participants attended the European Cluster Conference on 29 September -1 October in Brussels.

This call for tenders concerns a study on "green growth" opportunities in the European shipbuilding sector.

In 2008 the Commission launched the EU Raw Materials Initiative. The Commission is now preparing a new Communication which will not only report on progress made with the implementation of this initiative, but also indicate the way forward.

A debate on Europe's competitiveness and potential policy levers was initiated at the 2nd High-level Conference on Industrial Competitiveness on 26 April in Brussels.

Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry is organising seven conferences on “Strengthening European small and medium sized enterprises in the defence sector” in different Member States between October 2009 and March 2010.

Directorate General Enterprise is organising conferences on “Protection of knowledge in the Shipbuilding Industry" in Rotterdam and Hamburg in February and March 2010.

The Commission is assisted by a contractor in the task to carry out a review to assess whether or not to amend the scope of REACH (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals).

The Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry organised seven conferences on “Strengthening European small and medium sized enterprises in the defence sector” in different Member States between October 2009 and March 2010.

Directorate General Enterprise is organising seven conferences on “Strengthening European small and medium sized enterprises in the defence sector” in different Member States between October 2009 and March 2010.

Directorate General Enterprise is organising seven conferences on “Strengthening European small and medium sized enterprises in the defence sector” in different Member States between October 2009 and March 2010.