amec exposes the 10 great measures for the reactivation and transformation of the industry

May 25th 2020

amec has prepared the document Keys for changing the production model, which proposes the essential measures for the transformation of the industry, with the contribution of more than 50 experts and internationalized industrial companies, and which will send to the heads of government and parliamentary groups both state and of the Autonomous Communities, as well as to the European Commission.

For its preparation, international indicators and the industrial plans of eight different countries have been analyzed, in addition to Spain and its more industrial CCAA. "The 10 proposed measures are applicable if we exercise a great collaboration well, which we offer from here for their design, implementation and evaluation", indicates the president of amec, Pere Relates.

The current crisis offers a new opportunity and need for transformation in favor of industry, the economy, employment and social welfare. "It is not only a question of returning to the situation before the pandemic, but of taking advantage of the moment to do the pending duties that allow us to progress as an economy and as a society", explained the director general of amec, Joan Tristany in the presentation of the document.

Each of the measures is accompanied by active policy proposals:

1.Agility for reactivation and change of capacities. Late is never: agility in the instrumentalization and application of the actions of reactivation and simplification of the instruments of support and transfer of aid. It proposes as active policies a Plan for the improvement of productive capacity that fiscally encourages the renewal of productive equipment aimed at Industry 4.0 that accelerates innovation in companies; and the incentive for the acceleration of industrial relocation processes, an “opportunity for the generation of industrial employment”.

2.Green and inclusive economic recovery: accelerate the implementation of actions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Companies must be leading agents.

3. A leap in production quality with an intensive R + D + i industry. Double the investment effort to support the R + D + i of companies with tax incentives to compete on equal terms, ensure "technological sovereignty" promoting the transfer to the national productive sector of the patents originated here and attracting investments from companies intensive in technology; increase support for Technology Centers and Universities. The document proposes various active policies in this line.

4. Accelerate digitization, an exponential competitiveness factor. The industry will be digital or it won't be. This crisis is forcing the search for solutions for commercialization and technical assistance towards new forms of remote attention, and the shift towards servitization and the redefinition of business models in the industry. We must support change and address and solve the problems posed by digital taxation and cybersecurity; promote the protection and sovereignty of European data; guarantee by law the quality of the network service and that the regulation is thought of digital and not analog.

5. Build the talent needed for change: it is necessary to build the necessary talent to be able to make productive change. To do this, the educational system must be brought closer to the labor market, promote STEM and technical FP and Dual FP university courses and encourage the hiring of technical personnel in companies with Social Security deductions.

6.Impulse the foreign sector, the engine of recovery. The foreign sector was the engine of recovery in the previous crisis, reaching more than 30% of GDP. The document calls for the recovery of public-private complicity in the design and execution of the internationalization policy, telematic facilities in customs management and temporary containment of taxes and fees in ports and airports. It also proposes a plan to eliminate barriers at origin that export companies have, such as customs procedures, mobility of people and taxation. As active policies, it calls for an increase in public risk taking with financial support for internationalization; adaptation of support programs to the new generation of international promotion instruments (marketplaces, digital marketing, virtual and augmented reality, virtual fairs and congresses) and recovering aid programs for investment abroad and for the creation of networks of technical assistance.

7.Avoid replibe protectionist and strengthen cooperation mechanisms between European countries: calls on the European administration for an industrial policy on a European scale and a joint strategy on Artificial Intelligence and immigration, promoting international trade and a re-founding of the WTO.

8. Prepare with Contingency Plans with a daring and professional prospective. Creation of a Center for Future Strategies, a think tank or expert council reporting directly to the Presidency area for the identification of scenarios and the design of contingency plans for new crises.

9. Expansive policies focused on efficiency and innovation: maintain public investment forecasts and streamline the planned bidding processes, ensure the efficiency of public investment and promote the Public Procurement of Innovation.

10.Power change from a collaborative public-private ecosystem, with permanent dialogue spaces, multiannual industrial agreements agreed with the entire parliamentary arch, business and social representatives and with programs to strengthen the business associative fabric.

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