Industry 5.0 – how to make it happen - Related links

Additional background links

European Commission & Joint Research Centre

Related to Industry 5.0

• Industry 5.0 – European Commission info page (2023)
• Industry 5.0, a transformative vision for Europe – European Commission Policy Brief, ESIR Expert Group (13 January 2022)
• Industry 5.0: a Transformative vision for Europe – European Commission press release (13 January 2022)
• Industry 5.0: Towards a sustainable, human-centric and resilient European industry – European Commission Report, DG RTD (2021)
• Enabling Technologies for Industry 5.0 – European Commission Report, DG RTD (2020)

European Industrial strategy

• Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030 – European Commission Communication (16 March 2023)
• Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery – European Commission Communication (5 May 2021)
• Strategic dependencies and capacities – European Commission Report accompanying the Communication (5 May 2021)
• Strategic dependencies and capacities – European Commission info page (5 May 2021)
• A New Industrial Strategy for Europe – European Commission Communication (10 March 2020)
• European Industrial Strategy – European Commission info page (10 March 2020)

Specific subjects / Green Transition

• The European Green Deal – European Commission priorities, info page (2024)
• Establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act) – European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (16 March 2023)
• The Green Deal Industrial Plan – European Commission info page (2023)
• A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age – European Commission Communication (1 February 2023)
• A new Circular Economy Action Plan – European Commission Communication (11 March 2020)

Specific subjects / Digital Transition

• A Europe fit for the digital age – European Commission priorities, info page (2024)
• 2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade – European Commission Communication (9 March 2021)
• Laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) – European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (21 April 2021)
• Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) – European Commission Communication (30 September 2020)

Specific subjects / An economy that works for the people

• An economy that works for people – European Commission priorities, info page (2024)
• Corporate sustainability due diligence – European Commission info page (2024)
• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence – European Commission Proposal for a Directive (23 Februart 2022)

Joint Research Centre

• Measuring transition to a competitive and sustainable economy – JRC Policy Brief (March 2024)
• Industrial innovation for competitive sustainability – JRC Techncial Report (2021)
• Pilot Industrial technology prospect report: R&I evidence on EU development of low-carbon industrial technologies – JRC Report (2021)

European Parliament and Council of the European Union

Legislation and Resolutions

• Artificial Intelligence Act – Regulation of the European parliament and of the Council (16 March 2024)
• An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs – European Parliament Resolution (16 February 2023)
• The implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy – European Parliament Resolution (15 September 2022)
• New Circular Economy Action Plan – European Parliament Resolution (17 November 2021)

European Parliament

• General Principles of EU Industrial Policy – European Parliament Factsheet (2023)
• Policy for research and technological development – European Parliament Factsheet (2023)
• Innovation Policy – European Parliament Factsheet (2023)
• Shaping the digital future of Europe – European Parliament Report (2021)
• How the EU wants to achieve a circular economy by 2050 – European Parliament info page (2023)
• Industry 4.0 – European Parliament Study (2016)

Council of the European Union

• Much More than a Market – Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market (17 April 2024)
• EU industrial policy – Council info page (2024)

Additional Articles, Studies and Reports

• A 5-point plan for EU Industrial Policy – ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies (2023)
• Green Industrial Policy in Europe: Past, Present, and Prospects – Bruegel Institute External Publication (2024)
• A low-carbon and circular industry for Europe -  Think2030, Institute for European Environmental Policy (2021)
• Updating the European industrial strategy for the post-pandemic world – European Policy Centre Policy Brief (2021)
• Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0: Inception, conception and perception – Academic Paper by Xu, X., Lu, Y., and Wang, L. (2021)
• Industry 4.0 in the European union: Policies and national strategies – Academic paper by Texeira, J.E., and Tavares-Lehman, A.T. (2022)
• Resilience in the Context of Industrie 4.0 - Platform for Industrie 4.0, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2022)
• 2030 Vision for Industrie 4.0 – Platform for Industrie 4.0, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2019)
• Industry 4.0: The New Industrial Revolution for Europe – European Files (2017)