Sustainable and Dynamic Competitiveness towards Technological Leadership of Industry 4.0: Implications for East African Community

Table 6

Industry 4.0 initiatives for regional and international cooperation.

S/N	Region	Industry 4.0 initiatives	Year	Funding	References
1	G20	New industrial revolution (NIR)	2014	G20 members	[36, 107]
2	EU	Factories of the future	2013	EU members	[140, 141]
		Factories 4.0 and beyond	2018	EU members	[140]
3	BRICS	BRICS skills development working group	2016	BRICS members	[3, 6]
		BRICS digital cooperation on industrialization	2019	BRICS members	[142]
4	GCC	Digital transformation agenda	2016	GCC members	[135]

EU: European Union, BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council.