High Level Group

The "LeaderSHIP 2015" initiative is the EU shipbuilding industry's response to the competitive challenges it is facing. It is designed to address all issues that are important for the future competitiveness of this industry.

President Romano Prodi responded positively to this initiative when first presented by the industry in 2002 and asked Erkki Liikanen, the Member of the European Commission in charge of Enterprise Policy, to set up a High Level Advisory Group that would co-ordinate the necessary work.

The High Level Advisory Group consists of leading personalities in the field - from individual companies, industry associations and trade unions -, seven European Commissioners with responsibilities that relate to shipbuilding and two Members of the European Parliament. The present report is the result of the deliberations of the LeaderSHIP 2015 High Level Advisory Group and the eight working groups supporting them.

Original team founded in 2002