Page contents Page contents The Competitiveness Coordination Tool or CCT aims to develop and strengthen strategic industrial value chains with EU added value, across Member States, to build a more competitive, prosperous and independent Europe. A novel and innovative way of working is being tested under the CCT, joining forces between the EU, Member States and industry, to swiftly deploy major investment projects and deliver critical reforms to make these investments happen. The EU is investing in critical sectors: from building AI Gigafactories to improving medical technology to offer better and cheaper patient care for citizens. The EU is also improving energy connections across Europe, making the battery value chain more resilient, creating lead markets for bio-based materials, and helping address the housing crisis in the EU. AI Gigafactories Deploy several AI Gigafactories (AIGF) across the EU to train, run inference and deploy the most advanced AI models and solutions.Impact: Crucial infrastructure backbone for truly European and sovereign AI ecosystem.Funding: Mobilising €20 billion. EU funds available for upcoming call for tender, with EIB involvement. Member States encouraged to leverage national funds with Recovery and Resilience Facility and cohesion funds.Actions: Overwhelming response to the non-binding call for expression of interest (77 expressions of interest to set up AIGF in 16 Member States across 60 sites), formal call for tender (summer 2026), start of construction of first AIGFs (2027).Read more© AdobeStock / IM Imagery Clean Transport Corridors Accelerate the construction of a reliable network of charging stations along the most heavily used corridors to support the deployment of electric truck transport.Impact: First funding already delivered 20% of the EU minimum target for charging stations (over 400 sites).Funding: Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility, cohesion funds, national and private sources.Actions: European map for deployment of charging stations and a ministerial declaration with reforms including access to the energy grid (September 2025); first financing for 54 charging stations (June 2025); plan for additional 350 stations by 2030; roadmap of supportive actions.Read more© AdobeStock Battery Booster Strengthen the European electric battery value chain.Impact: Additional €365 billion to EU GDP and create 170,000 jobs by 2030.Funding: €1.8 billion including €1.5 billion via the Battery Booster Facility provided via interest-free loans to support European battery-cell producers during the ramp-up phase. €300 million on offer for critical raw materials. Member States encouraged to use cohesion funds.Actions: Create pan-European impact across the value chain including via financing for other projects that develop recycling and reuse of battery materials. Create lead markets for batteries, enhanced screening of direct investment, and an implementation roadmap for next-generation batteries (2026).Read more© AdobeStock / IM Imagery South-East Europe Energy Highway Develop the South-Eastern Europe electricity interconnection Highway coupled with energy storage deployments.Impact: Decrease in price volatility and price disparities in the region.Funding: Eligibility under EU financial programs such as the Connecting Europe Facility for Projects of Common Interest and Projects of Mutual Interest, Recovery and Resilience Facility, InvestEU, Innovation Fund, etc., as well as access to funding from international financial institutions, such as the European Investment Bank.Actions: Accelerate implementation of energy infrastructure and, particularly, energy storage in the region.Read more© AdobeStock / scaliger Chemicals Maintain and improve critical chemical production in Europe by modernising chemical and ammonia production plants.Impact: Modernise several steam crackers, preserve EU’s market share of 13% of the global chemicals sales.Funding: Combination of EU and national public investments with private funding .Actions: Within the framework of the newly established Critical Chemicals Alliance, sign a declaration outlining reforms and funding mechanisms at EU, national and regional level to support the modernisation of steam crackers and ammonia production in Europe to ensure flexible energy and feedstock supply, optimise logistics, infrastructure, and joint innovation (2026).Read more© AdobeStock / Kruwt European Med-Biotech Accelerator Develop a network of existing Biotech and Medtech infrastructures, clusters, research institutes, incubators, and SMEs across Europe to develop innovative solutions for patients, and attract risk-capital for SMEs.Impact: Support SMEs in manufacturing and scaling their innovation.Funding: €10 million of EU Funding initially.Actions: Set-up Bio & MedTech Networks (phase 1), launch of two advanced research projects (phase 2), scale the innovative health solutions with industrial validation, biomanufacturing and commercialisation strategies (phase 3).Read more© AdobeStock / Clement C Biobased industry Support the emergence of bioeconomy champions by creating additional demonstration and production facilities and a Bio-based Europe Alliance that will drive demand for future biobased materials.Impact: Investments in demonstration facilities to test new bio-based products and in production facilities, scale bioeconomy markets by stimulating demand with €10 billion in corporate procurement pledges.Funding: €1-2 billion in public and private funding.Actions: EU support to the extension or creation of demonstration plants and industrial capacities (2026-2030), and launch the Bio-based Europe Alliance in October 2026.Read more© AdobeStock / luchschenF Offsite Construction Possible investment in demonstration project as testbeds, building on regulation alignment, to contribute to EU-wide offsite housing industry scale-up.Impact: Potential for ramping up housing supply and reshaping EU construction sector, up to 20% decrease in manufacturing costs, 4.5% annual growth potential in EU (2029), 10-15% reduction in waste.Funding: Combination of EU and national public investments with private funding .Actions: Exploratory scoping dialogue with Member States and industry underway.Read more© AdobeStock / Novanture Trans-Regional Circularity Hubs Increase availability of supply of secondary raw materials in the EU to benefit strategic downstream industries, contributing to reducing dependencies on third countries.Impact: Catalyst for infrastructure investment, increasing EU recycling yields (up to 15% in 2030).Funding: Combination of EU and national public investments with private funding.Actions: Scoping dialogues with stakeholders (Q3/Q4 2026).Read more© AdobeStock / Vladyslav Related links Competitiveness compassLearn about the Commission's roadmap for restoring Europe’s competitiveness and boosting growth.
Deploy several AI Gigafactories (AIGF) across the EU to train, run inference and deploy the most advanced AI models and solutions.Impact: Crucial infrastructure backbone for truly European and sovereign AI ecosystem.Funding: Mobilising €20 billion. EU funds available for upcoming call for tender, with EIB involvement. Member States encouraged to leverage national funds with Recovery and Resilience Facility and cohesion funds.Actions: Overwhelming response to the non-binding call for expression of interest (77 expressions of interest to set up AIGF in 16 Member States across 60 sites), formal call for tender (summer 2026), start of construction of first AIGFs (2027).Read more© AdobeStock / IM Imagery
Accelerate the construction of a reliable network of charging stations along the most heavily used corridors to support the deployment of electric truck transport.Impact: First funding already delivered 20% of the EU minimum target for charging stations (over 400 sites).Funding: Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility, cohesion funds, national and private sources.Actions: European map for deployment of charging stations and a ministerial declaration with reforms including access to the energy grid (September 2025); first financing for 54 charging stations (June 2025); plan for additional 350 stations by 2030; roadmap of supportive actions.Read more© AdobeStock
Strengthen the European electric battery value chain.Impact: Additional €365 billion to EU GDP and create 170,000 jobs by 2030.Funding: €1.8 billion including €1.5 billion via the Battery Booster Facility provided via interest-free loans to support European battery-cell producers during the ramp-up phase. €300 million on offer for critical raw materials. Member States encouraged to use cohesion funds.Actions: Create pan-European impact across the value chain including via financing for other projects that develop recycling and reuse of battery materials. Create lead markets for batteries, enhanced screening of direct investment, and an implementation roadmap for next-generation batteries (2026).Read more© AdobeStock / IM Imagery
Develop the South-Eastern Europe electricity interconnection Highway coupled with energy storage deployments.Impact: Decrease in price volatility and price disparities in the region.Funding: Eligibility under EU financial programs such as the Connecting Europe Facility for Projects of Common Interest and Projects of Mutual Interest, Recovery and Resilience Facility, InvestEU, Innovation Fund, etc., as well as access to funding from international financial institutions, such as the European Investment Bank.Actions: Accelerate implementation of energy infrastructure and, particularly, energy storage in the region.Read more© AdobeStock / scaliger
Maintain and improve critical chemical production in Europe by modernising chemical and ammonia production plants.Impact: Modernise several steam crackers, preserve EU’s market share of 13% of the global chemicals sales.Funding: Combination of EU and national public investments with private funding .Actions: Within the framework of the newly established Critical Chemicals Alliance, sign a declaration outlining reforms and funding mechanisms at EU, national and regional level to support the modernisation of steam crackers and ammonia production in Europe to ensure flexible energy and feedstock supply, optimise logistics, infrastructure, and joint innovation (2026).Read more© AdobeStock / Kruwt
Develop a network of existing Biotech and Medtech infrastructures, clusters, research institutes, incubators, and SMEs across Europe to develop innovative solutions for patients, and attract risk-capital for SMEs.Impact: Support SMEs in manufacturing and scaling their innovation.Funding: €10 million of EU Funding initially.Actions: Set-up Bio & MedTech Networks (phase 1), launch of two advanced research projects (phase 2), scale the innovative health solutions with industrial validation, biomanufacturing and commercialisation strategies (phase 3).Read more© AdobeStock / Clement C
Support the emergence of bioeconomy champions by creating additional demonstration and production facilities and a Bio-based Europe Alliance that will drive demand for future biobased materials.Impact: Investments in demonstration facilities to test new bio-based products and in production facilities, scale bioeconomy markets by stimulating demand with €10 billion in corporate procurement pledges.Funding: €1-2 billion in public and private funding.Actions: EU support to the extension or creation of demonstration plants and industrial capacities (2026-2030), and launch the Bio-based Europe Alliance in October 2026.Read more© AdobeStock / luchschenF
Possible investment in demonstration project as testbeds, building on regulation alignment, to contribute to EU-wide offsite housing industry scale-up.Impact: Potential for ramping up housing supply and reshaping EU construction sector, up to 20% decrease in manufacturing costs, 4.5% annual growth potential in EU (2029), 10-15% reduction in waste.Funding: Combination of EU and national public investments with private funding .Actions: Exploratory scoping dialogue with Member States and industry underway.Read more© AdobeStock / Novanture
Increase availability of supply of secondary raw materials in the EU to benefit strategic downstream industries, contributing to reducing dependencies on third countries.Impact: Catalyst for infrastructure investment, increasing EU recycling yields (up to 15% in 2030).Funding: Combination of EU and national public investments with private funding.Actions: Scoping dialogues with stakeholders (Q3/Q4 2026).Read more© AdobeStock / Vladyslav
Competitiveness compassLearn about the Commission's roadmap for restoring Europe’s competitiveness and boosting growth.
