Connecting shores: new partnerships for sustainable corridors

Expertise France, in partnership with the AFD, the European Union and the Port of Marseille-Fos. will host a high level event on May 15th 2024 at Grotte Cosquer, Marseille, bringing together multiple stakeholders to discuss on new partnerships for sustainable corridors.

Adopted in 2021 and covering five different sectors, the Global Gateway strategy outlines the ambition of the European Union and of its Member States to promote both the economic integration and the development of partner countries through public and private investments in efficient, sustainable, resilient and safe transport networks. Geographical interests are various but reveal the deep Euro-African and Euro-Mediterranean connections.

On the African continent, eleven logistics corridors, both land and maritime ones, already benefit from an investment portfolio of 150 billion euros out of the 300 billion announced by 2027. Other routes passing through the Mediterranean basin are of major interest such as the Egyptian project of the Suez Canal corridor or the West Africa – EU corridor articulated around Morocco and reaching both the Atlantic and Mediterranean shores of Europe. The longer term vision of establishing an India-Middle East-Europe corridor was also announced by the G20 in 2023. The Indo-Pacific space is also central for the European economy, notably because of the important commercial opportunities it represents and the critical supplies of minerals and other raw materials or consumer goods that it enables.

The General Assembly of the Network of European development agencies (Practitioners' Network – PN) will take place in Marseille on 14 and 15 May 2024. To support Team Europe’s efforts with regard to the development of strategic corridors, Expertise France proposes to organize a side event focused on the operationalization of the Global Gateway strategy.

The event will bring together 200 to 300 guests representing the European Commission and the Member States, European development stakeholders (development banks, PN member agencies), their international partners (international and regional organizations, partner state representatives), as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Cosquer Méditerranée, Esplanade J4, Marseille, France