EU: Call for proposals "Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative" (Call CNECT.C.3(2024)4229949)

Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions - Call for proposals "Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative" (Call CNECT.C.3(2024)4229949). Objectives The main objective of the pilot action is to complement and support the strategic goals of the Chips Act with international exchange activities between non-state actors, such as industry and civil society entities with expertise and important role in the semiconductor sector. Such diplomacy activity should contribute to build partnerships with strategic partners to help strengthening and securing the European semiconductor ecosystem. The ambition of this call is to contribute towards the following elements: Informal diplomacy to increase consensus and coordination between all relevant European non-state stakeholders of the semiconductor ecosystem and those of partner countries, through a “dialogue work-stream”; Better understanding and analysis of the European presence in the global semiconductor value chain and of the factors affecting the European semiconductor value chain and its evolution, through a “research work-stream”. Promotion of the Union’s economic base, competitiveness, growth, standards, and contributions to the European and global semiconductor value chain and its resilience, as well as public outreach and dissemination, through an “advocacy work-stream”. Notably, to pursue the required intelligence of the semiconductor value and supply chains and their evolution, as described by...