The EU’s “Global Gateway” is an ambitious €300 billion investment and partnership strategy guiding how the bloc will deploy and coordinate funding in partner countries to support sustainable infrastructure, energy, digital, health, and education systems.
It is not a new stand-alone fund, but a framework that brings together existing EU financing instruments, member state contributions, and other public and private resources under a shared strategic banner — with a strong emphasis on leveraging private capital alongside public funds.
But nearly four years in, many in the global development community are still asking: What exactly is it, and how can we get involved?