Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative

Expected Impact:The proposals are expected to deliver the following results:regular dialogues and informal consultations with key global partners on semiconductor topics of shared or converging interests,insights and briefings from relevant industry and civil society actors to support and inform official governmental dialogues and decisions,concrete engagement on mutual awareness, dissemination, and convergence between the policies and best practices of the EU and those of partner countries,actual channels for requesting stakeholders to reach out to delegations in other countries,support and complement the Commission’s ongoing work in Economic Security as they pertain to semiconductors and semiconductor technologies,intelligence analysis on semiconductor ecosystems at national and local level,reports and briefings for the Commission to support the activity of the European Semiconductor Board,consensus with partner countries on actual activity to enhance supply chain resilience,mapping and monitoring large and small players of the supply and value chains,identification of key players in the semiconductor ecosystem. Scope:The projects shall enhance coordination and confidence-building among Union stakeholders and partners on strategic themes of the mentioned work-streams and shall include the following topics to be deemed as priority:EU-foreign countries trade,trade protective measures,export control,intellectual property protection,main European semiconductor ecosystem actorssupply chain intelligence,supply chain resilience,standards and certificationgreen innovation and its industrial and environmental impact. Activities that can be funded:The work streams previously mentioned can be detailed with the following indicative list of activities: Work-stream dialogue: the core activity of this pilot action is the organisation of consultation meetings with key global partners on semiconductor topics of shared or converging interests. In contrast to the official diplomacy