Industry 5.0 in EU macro-regional policiesPandiloska Jurak, Alenka (Avtor) Industry 5.0macro-regional strategiesinterreg programmesEuropean UnionThe Industry 5.0 approach to the industry is to contribute to three of the Commission’s priorities: “An economy that works for people”, “European Green Deal”, and “Europe fit for the digital age”. One of the possibilities for implementing the approach is through Macro-regional Strategies and Interreg, an interregional cooperation programme, cofunded by the European Union. The beneficiaries of the programme are not only the EU member states that are part of the regions, but also regions from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, witzerland, and Ukraine, which represents an essential spillover effect. This paper aims to present the integration of the Industry 5.0 strategy into acro-regional strategies and how it is already reflected in EU macro-regional strategies today. In doing so, we will also demonstrate opportunities for future macro-regional strategies to upgrade them or introduce elements of Industry 5.0 into macro-regional development.Institute for Local Self-Government20262026-03-27 08:19:05Neznano28652sl© The Author(s).