The second edition of the Global Gateway Forum will take place on 11-12 June 2025 in Brussels. Building on the success of the inaugural Forum in 2023, which highlighted the European Union’s external investment initiatives, this year’s event will focus on advancing global connectivity in the face of geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges.
The Forum will bring together high-level representatives from governments, financial institutions, the private sector, and civil society to explore innovative strategies for scaling up Global Gateway investments in partner countries.
We invite you to mark your calendar to follow discussions on the future of sustainable and resilient global partnerships.
Please note that onsite attendance is by invitation only, but all plenary and thematic sessions will be streamed live.
Stay tuned for more details on the agenda and speakers.
Programme
- 14:30 – 15:00Opening remarks
- 15:00 – 16:30Panel on the State of the World
- 16:30 – 17:15
Coffee break
- 17:15 – 18:30Looking at Connectivity through a Geostrategic Lens
Thursday, 12 June 2025
- 09:00 – 09:45High-level discussion
- 09:45 – 11:00Panel on Strategising Partnerships
- 11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
- 11:30 – 13:00Thematic sessions
Session 1: Transport connectivity
Session 2: Energy connectivity
Session 3: Digital connectivity
- 13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
- 14:00 – 14:30Networking
- 14:30 – 16:00Breakout sessions
Scale up sessions – Global Gateway Flagship Projects
Connectivity Interrupted – The Security Dimension
Getting to business with Global Gateway
- 16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
- 16:30 – 18:00Closing Panel on Connectivity in a De-Risking World
- 18:00 – 18:30Closing remarks
Separate side event
On Friday 13 June, the 3rd EU-Caribbean Global Gateway conference on Sargassum will take place at the Square building in Brussels (by invitation only). The separate side event organised under the theme "Beyond the Tide: Practical approaches to Sargassum response" will provide pragmatic follow-up to the ongoing efforts for creating sustainable value chains for Sargassum in the framework of the Global Gateway strategy and give a push to approaches and operations, in strategic and financial terms.
What is Global Gateway?
Global Gateway is the European Union's strategy to boost smart, clean and secure connections in digital, energy and transport sectors, and to strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.
Global Gateway is fully aligned with the UN’s Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the Paris Agreement.
Global Gateway aims to mobilise up to €300 billion in investments.