EIT Manufacturing

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EIT Manufacturing’s updated agenda

EIT Manufacturing’s updated agenda operationalises Industry 5.0 through three linked goals: people-centric skills & attractive jobs, green & circular manufacturing, and European sovereignty/competitiveness. It couples a clear tech stack—AI & data spaces, XR/industrial metaverse, IIoT/5G, robotics, cybersecurity, additive—with measurable outcomes (marketed innovations, startups supported, investment raised) and a Europe-wide partner grid of regional offices, RIS hubs and an open innovation platform. (See figures on pp.10–16, 17–18, 21–23.) 

For OPENVERSE, this is the industrial twin/XR anchor in the ecosystem: we can convene cross-initiative pilots that tie data spaces + XR + trust to factory use-cases, standardise green/latency/trust metrics, and route ventures through EIT-M’s services and forthcoming fund. Immediate entry points: co-shape SO3 pilots on industrial metaverse, launch a skills module via Skills.move/Deep Tech Talent, and stand up a manufacturing data-space blueprint that interoperates with OV’s wider verticals.

Basic Identification

Initiative / Partnership Name: EIT Manufacturing (EIT-M) Full SRIDA Title & Version: EIT Manufacturing Strategic Agenda 2021–2027 — updated version, April 2024 (noted on p.2).  Publication / Last Update Date: 2024 update to the 2021–2027 agenda.  Governing Body / Association: KIC Legal Entity “EIT Manufacturing” (non-profit, FR law) + commercial arm Manufacturing SASU; Partner Assembly, Supervisory Board, Management Team (org chart p.19–20).  Type: EIT Knowledge & Innovation Community (KIC). Website / Source: eit_manufacturing_strategic_agenda_21_27_2024_update.pdf.

Strategic Orientation

Vision / Mission / Purpose: Improve people’s lives through sustainable manufacturing; be the leading EU innovation community for manufacturing; connect players, promote talent & entrepreneurship to accelerate sustainable innovation (p.9).  Strategic Objectives (SOs):

• SO1 Put people at the centre (skills, attractiveness of work);
• SO2 Accelerate green manufacturing (circularity & decarbonisation);
• SO3 Foster sovereignty & competitiveness (flexibility, supply-chain resilience, scale-up) — overview on p.4 and p.9–11. 

Expected Outcomes / KPIs: Short/medium/long-term targets per SO (pp.10–15) and annual KPI table (p.16) including marketed innovations, supported startups/scaleups, investment attracted.  Policy Alignment: The European Green Deal, Net-Zero Industry Act, Critical Raw Materials Act, EU Skills Agenda.

Technological & Thematic Priorities

Transversal tech focus (diagram, p.12):

• AI & Data (incl. data spaces);
• Immersive technologies / industrial metaverse (AR/VR, Digital Twin);
• Sensors & connectivity (IIoT, 5G); Robotics/Cobotics;
• Cybersecurity; Additive manufacturing; Circular economy;
• Net-zero manufacturing; Supply chain & logistics;
• Servitisation & novel business models;
• Worker health/safety. (Figure 5 explicitly lists these.) According to the diagram on page 12, XR/“industrial metaverse” is a named priority. 

Industry focus (p.12): 8 manufacturing industries (e.g., automotive, machinery, electronics, pharma) with batteries, robotics, cleantech singled out.  Cross-cutting topics: Skills & diversity (SO1), circularity & decarbonisation (SO2), resilience/sovereignty via data spaces + AI (SO3) (pp.10–15). Related infrastructures / platforms: Teaching & Learning Factories, Open Innovation Platform (AGORA ~3,000 members), testbeds/pilot lines via regional offices (pp.15, 21, 23).  Interdependencies: Synergies with Made in Europe partnership, EIC, other KICs (Digital, Health, Raw Materials, Urban Mobility, CC), and EC services; contribution to Green Deal, RIS3; outreach with WMF/OECD (pp.24–26). 

Governance & Ecosystem

Partnership scale: As of 2024: 83 Core + 87 Associate partners; >150 staff; 6 regional offices + HQ Paris (maps/logos pp.17–18). According to the map on page 18, offices cover Central, North, South-East, East, South, West regions. Engagement mechanisms: Open Calls for Proposals; AGORA open innovation platform; Sparks Club for CEOs; Teaching & Learning Factories; RIS Hubs in 11 countries; Deep Tech Talent activities (pp.5, 15, 17–19, 21–23).  Update frequency: Agenda spans 2021–2027; updated April 2024; business plans reviewed annually (pp.2–3, 19–21).  Participation info: Partner tiers (Core/Associate/Network) with transparent entry/exit, calls open to non-partners (p.16, p.24). 

Alignment with Virtual Worlds

Relevance to Virtual Worlds building blocks

• XR / Digital Twins: “Immersive technologies / industrial metaverse” is explicit (p.12) → direct bridge for virtual factory twins, training, remote ops. 
• Data Spaces & Interop: SO3.1 names data spaces + AI as enablers of sovereignty & resilience (p.15) → aligns with OV’s interoperability backbone. 
• Cloud-Edge-IoT / 5G: Listed among transversal tech (p.12) → supports real-time immersive UX. 
• Trust, Safety, Cybersecurity & Identity: Named cross-cutting tech (p.12) → governance hooks for asset provenance and safe XR. 
• Sustainability: SO2 targets circularity and value-chain decarbonisation (pp.10–14) → OV can carry common “green KPIs” across initiatives. 

SRIDA Document Metadata

Keywords / Tags: Industry 5.0; skills & diversity; circular manufacturing; decarbonisation; industrial metaverse; data spaces; AI; IIoT/5G; robotics; cybersecurity; additive; servitisation. (pp.10–12)  Referenced HE Clusters: Cluster 4—Digital, Industry & Space; links to EU Skills Agenda / Green Deal instruments (pp.4–8).  TRL ranges: Implied pilot-to-deployment via startup scaling and marketed innovations (KPI table p.16).  Budget / Investment Priorities: EIT grant €346.4m first 7 years; financial sustainability via success-fee/revenue-share, equity (SAFE), services & consulting; planned investment fund with EIF (pp.21–22).  KPIs / Targets examples: 73 innovations marketed (≥€10k sales) by 2025; 1,004 startups/scaleups supported by 2027; €233.4m total investment attracted 2021–27 (p.16). According to the table on page 16, these are annual targets aggregated to 2027.