Global Gateway Board ahead of the 2025 Forum: Team Europe further accelerates Global Gateway investments

Today the Global Gateway Board met in Brussels, to provide strategic guidance on scaling up Global Gateway, the EU's external investment strategy to boost sustainable and trusted connections with the world.

Chaired by European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela, the meeting gathered Foreign Ministers of EU Member States, the Presidents of the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as Members of the European Parliament. The European Commission was also represented by European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, and European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos.

At the meeting participants discussed ways to accelerate project delivery, enhance cooperation with the private sector, and improve coordination between European and national actors through Team Nationals and the forthcoming Global Gateway Investment Hub.

Commissioner Jozef Síkela underlined the need to adapt Europe's external investment approach to the new geopolitical and geoeconomic reality: "We face a world where dependencies are weaponised and competition for influence is intensifying. Global Gateway is Europe's answer that delivers for our partners and secures Europe's place in the global economy. The next phase must be about making sure that our external action reinforces our internal goals. To that we need maintain our unity and have clear common focus."

Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Marta Kos stated, "In a world where power is often used to create dependence, the EU does the opposite: we build trust. When we make a deal, we keep it - investing to help neighbours build stronger economies, reduce dependencies, and shape their own future."

Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica stressed the importance of visibility and engagement: "Global Gateway is about people and their lives. From one side of the Mediterranean to the other, we are building schools, connecting communities and supporting small businesses through EU's investments, quality and expertise. This benefits everyone and on this we are building our upcoming Pact for the Mediterranean".

Involving the private sector

The new Investment Hub, to be launched at the Global Gateway Forum, will serve as a single-entry point for private investors seeking EU support for projects aligned with Global Gateway priorities in Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa.

For the countries in the Western Balkans, Türkiye and Eastern Neighbourhood, companies are encouraged to participate in the Calls for expression of interest organised by the Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood.

For the partners of the Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and Gulf, the EU is setting up dedicated investment platforms, including country-based and regional initiatives such as the T-MED investment platform on renewable energy and clean tech in the Mediterranean. Other calls for the expression of interest for the private sector will be organised in the upcoming months for these countries.

Global Gateway Forum

Over the past four years, Global Gateway has delivered tangible results worldwide, mobilising sustainable investments to foster growth, create jobs, resilience and connectivity in partner countries while at the same strengthening Europe's own strategic interests.

The Global Gateway Forum brings together leaders from the European Union and across the globe, alongside key stakeholders from the private sector, civil society, thought leaders, financial institutions, and international organisations to promote global investment in infrastructure - hard and soft - to deliver on the SDGs and sustainable growth and resilience worldwide.

Global Gateway

Global Gateway is the EU's positive offer to reduce the worldwide investment disparity and boost smart, clean and secure connections in digital, energy and transport sectors, and to strengthen health, education and research systems.

The Global Gateway strategy embodies a Team Europe approach that brings together the European Union, EU Member States, and European development finance institutions. Together, we aim to mobilise up to €300 billion in public and private investments from 2021 to 2027, creating essential links rather than dependencies, and closing the global investment gap.

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