The group's mission
The mission of the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group (BAG) is to assist the European Commission to strengthen cooperation on Global Gateway strategy and implementation with the European private sector.
This informal Commission expert group was launched in September 2023 to support the full mobilisation of the private sector and maximise the impact and effectiveness of Global Gateway investments. It allows Global Gateway to benefit from the business perspective in a structured way.
The group provides a forum to discuss and gather feedback on the strategic orientations of Global Gateway. It collects input from private sector representatives on their priorities, activities, challenges and opportunities in sectors and regions covered by Global Gateway. It also allows discussion on the implementation of the strategy.
Group members and selection procedure
The group is composed of 59 members and 10 observers.
Members are organisations from the EU private sector, headquartered in the European Union and under EU control. Organisations include companies of all sizes. Among the members are also EU trade and business associations, as well as established EU business networks.
European financial institutions, such as development finance institutions and export credit agencies, have been granted an observer status by direct invitation.
Members of the group were appointed by the Directors-General of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) and the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), after consultation with associated Commission services. Members were selected from responses to the call for applications, which ran for 8 weeks from 8 March to 4 May 2023.
For further details of the selection criteria, see the call for applications document.
Background
On 1 December 2021, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presented the Joint Communication on Global Gateway.
Delivered in a Team Europe approach, Global Gateway intends to boost smart, clean and secure links in the digital, climate, energy and transport sectors, and to strengthen education, research and health systems across the world.