A strategic campaign
Competitiveness and productivity is receiving renewed policy focus as Governments everywhere seek to focus on their own domestic controllables at a time of exceptional international uncertainty. Ibec has developed a series of policy papers to provide clear and actionable answers to how we forge ahead; by rekindling our ability to deliver projects, to be agile, and to compete.
The global economy is entering a period of great uncertainty. We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know that the set of economic circumstances – based on multilateralism, openness and globalisation - which Ireland has benefitted from for the past 50 years is no longer a given.
Over the coming weeks, and in advance of the publication of the Government’s Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, Ibec will activate Our business ambition campaign, consisting of a series of policy papers to provide clear and actionable answers to how we forge ahead; by rekindling our ability to deliver projects, to be agile, and to compete.
Learn more about our six campaign pillars below.
Our infrastructure ambition
Radically accelerating delivery of critical infrastructure and the necessary levels of ambition to 2035.
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Our skills ambition (Launching 28 May)
Leveraging the National Training Fund to ensure that our workforce and population are resilient in the face of change and drive a step-change in lifelong learning and skills development.
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Our innovation ambition (Launching 3 June)
Improving our innovation supports to match our research ambitions, supporting business investment through the R&D tax credit and building a more innovative and productive economy by helping scaling companies innovate.
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Our energy ambition (Launching 9 June)
Delivering an energy system which is competitive for industry, provides security of supply and helps us meet our climate commitments.
Our regulatory ambition (Launch date TBC)
Ensuring Ireland has effective, well-resourced and proportionate regulation which is critical infrastructure for a thriving modern economy, boosting growth and innovation.
Our digital ambition (Launch TBC)
Ensuring that Ireland accelerates the rate of our digital progress and meets our 2030 targets in digital readiness so that we are prepared for technological change such as in AI, regulatory change and global competition in digital transformation.
Our business ambition
An Ibec campaign for a competitive, productive, and resilient economy