Agenda (1st day)

• 30th October (morning: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm)– Company and national reports (continued later?)– Ford: situation (11.00 am – 12.30 pm)– Lunch 12.30 – 2.15 pm– 2.15 pm: Advancement Ergonomics Project– 3.00 pm: Report ELAB project (45 min)– Report of the Global level meeting in St.

Petersburg– End of the day: 5.30 pm

Agenda (2nd day)

• 31st October (9.00 am – 1.00 pm)– Debate Transport and Mobility (preparatory doc 1)– Debate Emission standards beyond 2020

(preparatory doc 2)– AOB (see following slides)– End: 1.00 pm

Any other business

• Final report Cars 21• Communication Cars 2020• Sectoral Skills Council• Study of European Climate Foundation• industriAll Europe Automotive Conference• Strategy for Social Dialogue• Ergonomics project• ETUC project Sustainable Mobility project• Updating industriAll Europe work programme for the

sector

Cars 21 / Cars 2020

• Cars 21 final report adopted 6th June 2012• Follow-up action plan announced: Cars 2020• Commission communication to be published

by End of November 2012– Announced as a starting point for an action plan– Contains chapter on social measures– Pushes for anticipation of change, use of ESF,

offers EGF as last ressort

Sectoral Skills Council

• Agreement between ACEA, CEEMET, CLEPA and industriAll Europe

• Conceived as a pilot-project for 1 year• Deadline was 22nd October 2012• industriAll renounced of submission– Reasons: differences on the role of partners,

diverging views on use of EU funds– Last-minute blackmail by one of the partners

ECF study

• “An Economic Assessment of Decarbonising Light Duty Vehicles”– Cambridge Econometrics and Terry Ward– industriAll Europe insisted on including qualitative

analysis of employment and skills effects– Funded by ECF

Automotive Conference

• Brussels, 23rd & 24th January 2013• Promoting pre-competitive approach• Structural problems of the sector• Getting closer to dialogue between European Social

Partners• At the same time: final Conference of Ergonomics Project• See documents: draft agenda & presentation• Slight doubts on budget currently

– 18th October 2012: EC refuses extension of budget– New application submitted on 22nd October 2012

Ergonomics Project

• Empirical phase finished• Official end-date of the action: 11th November• Extension of the funding period by EU

Commission under question• Final report due for Automotive Conference in

January• Second-year (training programme) to be

decided

ETUC project Sustainable Mobility

• One-year project of ETUC with ETF and industriAll Europe as partners

• Aim: submit a political position paper on mobility and transport to ETUC’s spring Executive Committee

• Strong position of ETF• Next workshop: 10th & 11th December 2012 in Brussels

– No participants on behalf of industriAll Europe– Need more implication if the point of view of manufacturing

should be retained• industriAll Europe with car, ship, train and aerospace

sectors shall contribute by the end of this Winter!

Auto Work programme

• Duisburg Congress work programme remains basis

• Reduced resources at Secretariat• Shift in the situation of the sector– Remains in crisis-mode– Shift action focus from industrial policy to more

social aspects?

Production shifting East

• Red dots: sites shut down since 2005 (or about to be shut down);• Black dots: sites opened since 2005

Missing: Northern Africa

Source: Les Echos, 26/10/2012