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European Semiconductor Regions Alliance

Expanding Europe as a semiconductor location - competitive, resilient, sustainable

The European Semiconductor Regions Alliance (ESRA),
an alliance of European regions with proven
semiconductor industries including suppliers
and strong research and development,
has come together to promote the
importance of the semiconductor
industry for the economic
development of our regions,
countries and Europe as a whole.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of the alliance is to promote the growth and competitiveness of the semiconductor industry in our regions and in Europe by sharing knowledge and best practices, fostering collaboration and innovation, supporting the development of strong, integrated and resilient value chains, and reducing unilateral dependencies, especially for critical raw materials. The supply of semiconductors secures European industrial production as a whole.

PLATFORM AND PARTNER

The Alliance sees itself as a regional platform and partner of the European Commission in the implementation of the European Chips Act and wants to make an active contribution to strengthening Europe as a semiconductor location in global competition.

Governance Structure

Chair region:

Piedmont

Co-chair region:

Saxony & Catalonia

A member region holds the chair of ESRA, which rotates every year and is supported by up to two co-chair regions. The co-chairs consist of the chair from the previous year and the following year to ensure a good transition.

The work of the Alliance is guided by the chair and co-chair regions and defined in the work programme. They represent the Alliance on political level and they are responsible for the Annual Conference of the Alliance – where the next chair and co-chair regions are decided.

All member regions are represented at working level in the ESRA "Sherpa group". The Sherpa group has the task of supporting the activities of ESRA, implementing the objectives of the 10-point paper and updating the work programme on an ongoing basis.

Regions participating in the Alliance

Ireland

Italy

Lombardy

Germany

Lower Saxony

Spain

Madrid

Netherlands

North-Brabant

Portugal

Norte

Italy

Piemonte

Czech Republic

Pilsen

Germany

Saarland

Germany

Sachsen

Germany

Sachsen-Anhalt

Germany

Schleswig-Holstein

Sweden

Skåne

Czech Republic

South Moravia

Austria

Styria

Finland

Tampere

Germany

Thuringia

Spain

Valencia

United Kingdom

Wales

Czech Republic

Zlin

Finland

Oulu

Latest News

08.11.2024

Regione Piemonte (Italy) new Chair of the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance

The Handover Chairmanship Event, marking the transition of the Presidency of the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance (ESRA) from Saxony (Germany) to Piemonte (Italy), took place on 8 November 2024 in Turin.

28.10.2024

Catalonia elected to the ESRA Chair-team

The now 31 member regions from the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance have elected Catalonia as a further Co-Chair for 2025 and as Chair for 2026.

29.05.2024

First General Assembly of the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance in Dresden (Saxony, Germany)

The European semiconductor regions want to deepen their cooperation. Top representatives of the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance (ESRA) confirmed this goal at the Alliance's first General Assembly in Dresden on Wednesday.

07.09.2023

Foundation of the European Alliance of Semiconductor Regions

On September 7, 2023, at the initiative of the Free State of Saxony, 30 regions from 13 countries held a joint meeting at the Committee of the Regions (CoR) to establish the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance. You can access a recording of the event here.

Documents

2. Position Paper 2025

At its second General Assembly on 3 July 2025 in Brussels, the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance (ESRA) adopted its new Position Paper, “Shaping Europe’s Semiconductor Future: Regional Strengths for Global Positioning” . With this document, the Alliance contributes to the upcoming revision of the EU Chips Act and the definition of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), underlining the key role of Europe’s regions as drivers of innovation ecosystems, resilient value chains, and talent development essential to Europe’s strategic autonomy.

Download 2. Position Paper

1. Position Paper

At its General Assembly on 29 May 2024 in Dresden, the European Semiconductor Regions Alliance (ESRA) adopted its first position paper, in which the Alliance clearly sets out its objectives for the European Commission's next legislative period, in particular: We must strengthen the semiconductor industry along the entire value chain and ensure a solid backbone of research and development and, above all, a future-orientated training and recruitment strategy for talents.

Download 1. Position Paper