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Industrial alliances

Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation
The Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation (AZEA) is a voluntary European initiative of private and public stakeholders initiated by the European Commission to prepare the entry into commercial service of hydrogen-powered and electric aircraft.
European Industrial Alliance on SMRs
The European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) aims to facilitate and accelerate the development, demonstration, and deployment of SMRs in Europe by the early 2030s. They're important to integrated energy systems, providing low-carbon electricity and/or heat a smaller footprint.
European Raw Materials Alliance
The European Raw Materials Alliance aims to build resilience and strategic autonomy for Europe's rare earth and magnet value chains. It will identify barriers, opportunities and investment possibilities in the raw materials value chain, while also addressing sustainability and social impact.
European Solar Photovoltaic Industry Alliance
The European Solar Photovoltaic Industry Alliance aims for resilience and strategic autonomy across the European value chain. It will identify barriers, opportunities and investment possibilities in the solar PV value chain while addressing circularity and sustainability and the impact on skills.
European Battery Alliance
The European Battery Alliance was launched in 2017 by the European Commission, EU countries, industry, and the scientific community. Batteries are a strategic part of Europe's clean and digital transition so Commission aims to make Europe a global leader in sustainable battery production and use.
European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud
The European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud has the twin objectives of strengthening the position of EU industry on cloud and edge technologies and meeting the needs of EU businesses and public administrations that process sensitive categories of data.
Industrial Alliance on Processors and Semiconductor Technologies  
The Industrial Alliance for Processors and Semiconductor Technologies will call actors of the electronics value chain in the EU, including academia, research and technology organisations, but also users, to join forces to maintain and boost the competitiveness in this sector in the EU.
Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuels Value Chain Industrial Alliance
The Renewable and Low Carbon Fuels Value Chain Industrial Alliance focuses on boosting production and supply of renewable and low-carbon fuels in the aviation and waterborne sectors. It is a key flanking measure to the FuelEU Maritime and RefuelEU Aviation initiatives.
Critical Medicines Alliance
The Critical Medicines Alliance aims to tackle medicine shortages across the European Union. By pooling the expertise of its members, it identifies priorities for action and proposes the most suitable solutions to address vulnerabilities in critical medicines supply chains.

Industrial alliances are a tool to facilitate stronger cooperation and joint action between all interested partners.

Industrial alliances can play a role in achieving key EU policy objectives through joint action by all the interested partners. They can make European economies more resilient, ensure the global competitiveness of our industry (including SMEs), support a successful transition to a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and make Europe fit for the digital age. This is why industrial alliances can be used as one of the delivery vehicles for relevant European strategies, e.g. on hydrogen, raw materials or plastics.

Industrial alliances bring together a wide range of partners in a given industry or value chain, including public and private actors and civil society. Industrial alliances have the following characteristics

  • they are built around a common goal to implement EU policy objectives
  • they involve all relevant partners (EU countries, regions, industry, financial institutions, private investors, innovation actors, academia, research institutes, civil society, trade unions, and others) along the value chain
  • they are based on the principles of openness, transparency, diversity and inclusiveness and comply with competition rules
  • are not involved in decision making on policy, regulation or financing
  • there is no direct funding for alliances and they do not prejudge potential Important Projects of Common European Interest (which are designed by EU counties and need a separate approval by the Commission)

Alliances have already delivered benefit in the area of batteries and circular plastics. Building on this success, the Commission launched in 2020 the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance and the European Raw Materials Alliance.