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The European Commission announced 60 members and 10 observers of the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group. The new group gathers CEOs or senior executives of European companies and business associations. It will assist the European Commission in strengthening cooperation with the private sector.

Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous signed today the programme “ACT – Advocacy, Coalition Building and Transformative Feminist Action to End Violence against Women” in the margins of the 78th UN General Assembly.

A high-level delegation of the European Commission will attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York.

President von der Leyen spoke today at the G20 event on PGII hosted by Prime Minister Modi and President Biden.
She emphasised the EU's key contribution to two new flagship PGII projects.

Today, on the margins of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) event at the G20 in India, the European Union and the United States of America welcomed the recent commitment by Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to develop the Trans-African Corridor.

The European Union and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) have launched a Partnership for Democracy and Accountability to strengthen democracy and improve citizens' lives across the globe through open, inclusive, and accountable government.

This week, 12 members of EU delegations’ Youth Sounding Boards made their way from 7 countries to attend Africa’s very first Climate Summit and Africa Youth Climate Assembly. 

During the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi today, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of Kenya Ruto launched the Green Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap for Kenya, with the support of Global Gateway, Europe's investment strategy for the world.

Ahead of International Youth Day tomorrow, 12 August, the European Commission announced today the 25 young people selected to be members of the 2023–2025 European Union Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships.