With mandates increasingly aligned around ESG, climate, and SDG-linked outcomes, collaboration between ECAs, MDBs, and DFIs is becoming central to the delivery of large, complex projects. This session examines how joint structures, parallel tranches, blended facilities, and shared due diligence are reshaping project and development finance. The discussion considers the practical benefits including scalability, and risk-sharing, as well as the challenges of aligning standards, climate frameworks, and institutional priorities in higher-risk markets.

This session explores how European agencies and institutions - the EIB, national ECAs, and the EU’s Global Gateway initiative - are aligning their tools, mandates, and investment strategies to strengthen Europe’s global competitiveness and deliver sustainable, high-impact projects. The discussion examines how Global Gateway is shifting from traditional development assistance to a more strategic investment approach, using European industrial strengths, high-standard due diligence, and blended financing to compete effectively in key markets. Speakers will assess how the EIB’s balance sheet, ECA risk-mitigation instruments, and EU policy frameworks can be combined to mobilise private capital, accelerate energy transition and digital infrastructure, and support resilient supply chains in Europe and abroad. The session also considers practical challenges - from bureaucratic complexity to coordination across EU institutions - and highlights where joint EIB–ECA structures, Team Europe models, and new Gateway investment hubs are creating replicable pathways for project delivery.