How to consider value chains in policymaking

EESC exploratory opinion at the request of the Danish Presidency of the EU on 'How to consider value chains in policymaking'

Key points

The EESC:

• considers it very important to reinforce the participation of European companies in supply chains, including in leading positions, in order to foster a competitive and sustainable production model throughout the chain, with a positive impact on regions, companies and workers;
• recommends developing urgent measures to strengthen the European internal market, ensuring strategic autonomy and production capacity. In particular, this means advancing European industrial and competition policies rooted in sustainable competitiveness and innovation;
• highlights the need to map supply chains, by assessing them on a granular basis, and analysing individual sectors and levels of company involvement, in order to design targeted policies that address sector- specific challenges and development opportunities, including at regional level;
• recommends encouraging the development of integrated industrial ecosystems to support communities and businesses within global value chains. This includes fostering business creation, participation, and leadership within these chains to advance a production model centred on European values and capacity;
• suggests making greater use of the cohesion funds to ensure that the Member States have the infrastructure needed to avoid the disruption of value chains, in the areas of transport, resilience, citizen information, roads, IT infrastructure, food protection, cybersecurity, energy supply systems, access to reliable information, and data protection.

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