Agenda

Issues to discuss include:

• Energy supply partnerships and green energy development;
• Green hydrogen in energy supply chains – trends, opportunities and challenges;
• Lessons to-date in combining public and private action for local production of green hydrogen;
• Key next steps and remaining challenges for Global Gateway.

Keynote Speakers

• Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister, Namibia
• Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, President, Mauritania
• Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, Egypt

Initial remarks

• Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Executive Vice-President

Discussants

• Tran Hong Ha, Deputy Prime-Minister, Vietnam
• Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank
• Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Denmark
• Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tajikistan
• Germán Umaña, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia
• Roland Siller, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG)

Conclusions

• Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission Executive Vice-President

Issues to discuss include:

• Education and research at the core of fair green and digital transitions – opportunities and challenges.
• Key areas of the knowledge and innovation eco-system that the Global Gateway should nurture.
• Education and research as an enabler to support the impact and sustainability of investments in the other Global Gateway priority sectors.

 Keynote Speakers

• Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President, Somalia
• Edouard Ngirente, Prime Minister, Rwanda

Initial remarks

• Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships

Discussants

• Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
• Rigathi Gachagua, Vice-President, Kenya
• Bojan Marichikj, Deputy Prime Minister, North Macedonia
• Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Min of State for Development, Francophonie & International Partnerships, France
• Tomas Tobé, Chair of the Development Committee, Member of the European Parliament
• The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State (Development and Africa), United Kingdom
• Dr. Vicente Atxa Uribe, President of Mondragon Knowledge, and Chancellor of Mondragon University

Conclusions

• Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships

Issues to discuss include:

• Current trends, challenges, gaps and opportunities
• How can Global Gateway support local value addition in a highly competitive global context.
• How should Global Gateway scale up its work on critical raw materials and the surrounding ecosystem (energy, infrastructure, skills etc.).
• The development of a critical raw materials club

 Keynote Speakers

• Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge, Prime Minister, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

Initial remarks

• Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market

Discussants

• Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane, Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zambia
• Thomas Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy, Namibia
• Alfonso Durazo Montaño, Governor of Sonora, Mexico
• Jusipdek Kazbekov, Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Uzbekistan

Conclusions

• Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice-President

Issues to discuss include:

• The integration of the Western Balkans, Türkiye, Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia into EU connectivity networks – providing the infrastructure to accelerate integration into the single market;
• How can Europe and Central Asia foster cooperation on the Transcaspian corridor?
• How can Europe best engage with partners to deliver the Lobito Trans-African Corridor and the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor?
• Best practice in terms of linking public and private actors in strategic transport networks as well as key transport needs in coming decades;
• How and where Global Gateway can add most value – given other investments in the sector.

 Keynote Speakers

• José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva, Prime Minister, Cape Verde
• Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister, Georgia
• Dorin Recean, Prime Minister, Moldova

Initial remarks

• Adina-Ioana Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport

Discussants

• Ana Brnabic, Prime Minister, Serbia
• Odile Renaud-Basso, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Türkiye
• Marat Karabayev, Minister of Transport, Kazakhstan
• Serdar Jorayev, Minister of Finance and Economy, Turkmenistan
• Boudewijn Siemons, Chief Executive Officer, Port of Rotterdam Authority
• José de Lima Massamo, Minister of State for Economic Coordination, Angola

Conclusions

• Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

Issues to discuss include:

• How to best combine public and private action for local manufacturing of health products.
• How to diversify value and production chains in order to respond to countries’ public health needs.
• How to move to more comprehensive resilience in vaccines and other health products.
• Key next steps and remaining challenges.

 Keynote Speakers

• Macky Sall, President, Senegal
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation

Initial remarks

• Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Discussants

• Caroline Gennez, Minister for Development Cooperation, Belgium
• Peter Sands, Chief Executive Officer, The Global Fund
• Hala Audi, Chief Executive Officer of Unizima, a Univercells company
• Dr Ngashi Ngongo, chief of staff, Africa Centres for disease control and prevention
• Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Presidential Advisor on Health, at the Office of the President of Ghana

Conclusions

• Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Issues to discuss include:

• Experience so far in mobilising public and private investment, including locally.
• How to ensure that the digital transition does not exacerbate inequalities.
• Continuing challenges (e.g. skills, national strategies, e-governance, international standards).

 Keynote Speakers

• Vahagn Khachaturyan, President, Armenia
• Ana Brnabic, Prime Minister, Serbia
• Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister, Estonia

Initial remarks

• Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Discussants

• Anna Bjerde, Managing Director, World Bank Group
• Benjamin Diokno, Secretary of Finance, Philippines
• Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica
• Nuria Kutnaeva, Minister of Digital Development, Kyrgyzstan
• Jessika Roswall, Minister of EU Affairs, Sweden
• Yusuf Maitama Tuggar Oon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria
• Melissa Schoeb, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Nokia

Conclusions

•  Věra Jourová, European Commission Vice-President