Investing with Global Gateway in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America
If you are a European company or a consortium of EU companies with investment plans in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia or Latin America, the Investment Hub guides you in the mobilisation of EU support under Global Gateway.
The Investment Hub is coordinated by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) of the European Commission.
How can Global Gateway support your investment projects?
Global Gateway actors, such as the EU, Member States, public financial institutions, export credit agencies, etc., can provide both financial and non-financial support to your project.
Non-financial support:
- political support, economic diplomacy, dialogue with local authorities (e.g. regulatory issues, investment conditions, market access, etc.),
- technical assistance,
- upfront coordination to promote the EU offer in international competitive processes,
- finding European partners to build up a competitive offer.
The European Union has more than 140 delegations around the world.
Financial support:
- project development costs, investment grants, guarantees,
- equity, debt and guarantee instruments by public or private financial institutions, if necessary guaranteed by the EU,
- local currency financing, FX risk coverage,
- financial support to complementary and enabling investments (e.g. infrastructure, training of workforce, local supply chain development, etc.).
Depending on your needs, the financial support can be provided directly to your company (or consortium) or to your partner(s) in the targeted country or region.
How to submit an investment proposal?
You can submit a proposal at any time:
- fill the application form,
- send it to the Team National of your choice; if you are a consortium, only one submission is required by the lead company through a Team National,
- the Team National will carry out a pre-eligibility check and a first assessment of your project. If the Team National endorses the project, it will determine the potential support at national level and submit the proposal to DG INTPA,
- DG INTPA will assess the proposal and respond within four weeks,
- if selected, a support facilitator from DG INTPA will be assigned to your project and will assist you in the mobilisation of Global Gateway support.
If you are a company from a partner country, please contact the EU Delegation for information on potential Global Gateway support.
What is a Team National?
The Team National is a whole-of-government set-up bringing together at national level all relevant government ministries (e.g. trade, economy, development, climate, transport, etc.), public financial institutions, export-credit agencies and development agencies to operate effectively under Global Gateway. You will find the list of Team National contact points here.
Promoting the EU offer and establishing partnerships
If you are a European sectoral business organisation or a consortium of EU companies along a value chain willing to promote your offer in a partner country or region, the EU can team up with you and mobilise its EU Delegations to establish close ties with partner countries and generate investment opportunities aligned with the Global Gateway priorities.
The EU support may comprise political support, economic diplomacy, market access dialogue, technical assistance to the partner country to adopt EU norms and standards, business events, etc. For more information, contact: intpa-investment-hub
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (intpa-investment-hub[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu).
Specific calls for proposals or for expression of interest
From time to time and to complement the projects submitted through the Investment Hub, DG INTPA may launch specific calls for proposals or for expressions of interest targeting a sector or a region.
There are no active calls for proposals or for expressions of interest for the moment.