{"id":70586,"date":"2025-10-24T09:34:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=70586"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:42:29","slug":"competitiveness-coordination-tool-how-make-better-choices-clean-industrial-policy-climate","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/en\/publication\/competitiveness-coordination-tool-how-make-better-choices-clean-industrial-policy-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Competitiveness Coordination Tool: How to make better choices in clean industrial policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Europe is levelling up its industrial policy. From the Clean Industrial Deal to proposals for a more flexible EU budget, the Commission signals new ambition to build scale in strategic cleantech sectors and strengthen Europe\u2019s decarbonising industrial base. Yet this firepower risks losing impact if spread too thinly. Limited resources demand sharper focus. As the Draghi Report made clear, Europe must act strategically: understand its industrial strengths and vulnerabilities, prioritise the sectors that matter most, and align funds, regulation, and institutional capacity accordingly.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s current coordination space for industrial policy remains fragmented and unfocused. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A patchwork of instruments and funding schemes prevents the concentration of resources that would be needed to shape a continent-wide industrial strategy. Recent EU budget proposals do little to alter this. Without major fiscal expansion, deeper coordination between Member States and EU institutions offers the best path toward a strategic competitiveness agenda.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enter the Competitiveness Coordination Tool (CCT) &#8211; a proposed instrument to turn ambition into strategy. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Designed to bring clarity and coherence, the CCT aims to provide a rigorous, evidence-based methodology to identify which technology sectors Europe should prioritise<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for its decarbonisation, resilience, and competitiveness<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, alongside a governance framework to align existing EU tools and coordination spaces. Its contours remain undefined, but expectations are high: it could help policymakers make collective, informed decisions on where Europe\u2019s industrial policy should focus efforts and funding.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The CCT\u2019s success requires both a clear methodology and governance that complements, without duplicating, existing structures. The paper makes proposals for both.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">First, it introduces a methodology for strategic assessment. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It combines quantitative and qualitative indicators to position sectors along two axes &#8211; Competitiveness and Strategic Importance &#8211;<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">grouping them into four categories: Critical Leaders, Competitive Opportunities, Vulnerabilities, and Limited Priority Areas. To illustrate its value, the paper applies this to five cleantech sectors where competitiveness, decarbonisation, and security goals intersect. This exercise shows how structured assessment can help policymakers distinguish where resources are most urgently needed &#8211; and where they may be more safely deprioritised. It challenges assumptions, safeguards flagships, elevates under-recognised sectors, and prompts a reality check in others. Ultimately, it equips decision-makers with evidence to allocate resources wisely.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Second, it explores how the CCT could fit within EU institutions, building on existing coordination spaces. <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drawing lessons from coordination frameworks like the European Semester and the Energy Union, it provides options for how the CCT complement rather than replicate or duplicate current mechanisms.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Given limited EU resources and competences, the goal is not full Europeanisation of industrial policy, but to make it <\/span><\/b><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">more European<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: better aligned, more transparent, and directed toward shared goals. One year after the Draghi Report, Europe is beginning to realise its <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">clean industrial <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ambition. The Competitiveness Coordination Tool is the next step: a means to turn fragmented efforts into a coordinated industrial strategy. With transparent priorities, robust governance, and agile collective action, the CCT can help Europe act together on the sectors that will be central to its competitiveness, security, and decarbonisation in the decades ahead.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe is levelling up its industrial policy. From the Clean Industrial Deal to proposals for a more flexible EU budget, the Commission signals new ambition to build scale in strategic cleantech sectors and strengthen Europe\u2019s decarbonising industrial base. 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As the Draghi Report made clear, Europe must act strategically: understand its industrial strengths and vulnerabilities, prioritise the sectors that matter most, and align funds, regulation, and institutional capacity accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70587,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"type_publication":[49],"class_list":["post-70586","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type_publication-climate-report"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Competitiveness Coordination Tool: How to make better choices in clean industrial policy - I4CE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/en\/publication\/competitiveness-coordination-tool-how-make-better-choices-clean-industrial-policy-climate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Competitiveness Coordination Tool: How to make better choices in clean industrial policy - I4CE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Europe is levelling up its industrial policy. 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