On July 14, in Kyiv 36 clusters and public organizations signed the Manifesto on transition to Industry 5.0. The event took place within the framework of the first conference in Ukraine on the topic “Industry 5.0”, which was attended by more than 300 people offline and online.

Conference speakers revealed the principles and values of the fifth industrial revolution. Among them were representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Economy, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, opinion leaders, innovators, clusters, scientists, as well as a representative of the European Commission, a representative of the state agency Industry 4.0-5.0 from Poland and the founder of the Czech Industry 5.0 movement. Conference participants discussed the state and challenges of transition to smart industries in Ukraine, the state of government policies, presented their own projects for development of smart factories and territories, projects for introduction of circular economy, retraining of specialists for transition, familiarization with the Industry 5.0 technical standards, etc.

The signing of the Manifesto on Ukraine’s transition to Industry 5.0 became one of the key events on July 14. 36 organizations (including 25 clusters, 5 universities, regional development agencies and public organizations) declared their readiness to adhere to the principles in formation of strategies, plans, projects of post-war reconstruction, recovery and development of production in the new industrial paradigm of Industry 5.0 (developed by the European Commission). Industry 5.0 is based on principles that change approaches of enterprises and significantly better balance and improve their response to challenges of social, environmental and economic development, rather than concentrating only on growth of profits of individual enterprises. The manifesto was prepared by the working group of experts of the Ukrainian Cluster Alliance (UCA), which is the organizer of this event. The organizer of the conference is the Association of Industrial Automation of Ukraine (APPAU), the leader of the national Industry 4.0 movement.
The first step to a better society has been taken!

The signing of the Manifesto is a significant event not only for UCA or APPAU, but also for all sectors and industrial hi-tech communities. We started in a similar way in 2016, when the national movement “Industry 4.0 in Ukraine” was launched (on the basis of Charter 4.0), and in 2019, when the Industry4Ukraine platform was created and where there was also its Manifesto. A significant difference this time is the considerable dominance of Ukrainian clusters, their much greater consolidation among themselves and with the expert environment. This network becomes a real market force capable of implementing the slogans of smart industries – and this is our hope.

Oleksandr Yurchak, CEO of UCA, general director of APPAU

UСA and APPAU invite other business associations, SMEs, government institutions, leading universities, analytical agencies and large enterprises to consolidate in a joint movement regarding transition to Industry 5.0. To do this, it is enough to sign the Manifesto online here.