Koen Doens

@pais_rosario Congrats!!!

It was with great honour and joy that I received, on 9 May, the Revista Telegrama award “100 Most Influential Women in Angola”, alongside many inspiring women leaders from Angola. My sincere thanks to the jury for this distinction and recognition, which I deeply appreciate.

Our Global Gateway project Lobito Corridor is a major opportunity for tens of thousands of people. At today’s meeting @DMukokoSamba, Vice Prime Minister and Minister for National Economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we discussed our investments in projects along the corridor that will create local value and new jobs. We also talked about our cooperation on critical raw materials.

🌍 “Europe can’t take Africa for granted anymore.” As discussions continue at the Africa-France Summit, this past reflection from Foundation CEO Nathalie Delapalme remains highly relevant today. #AfricaFranceSummit #AfricaForwardIC #Africa #Mobility #Governance #AfCFTA

Sortie le 10 mai😂! 🙏🏽à @EmmanuelBaudran & à tous les collègues du groupe @AFD_France pour leur immense talent, leur engagement sans faille et leur grande délicatesse. Et le travail accompli en 10 ans, du côté des autres, au nom de la 🇫🇷 &de l’🇪🇺, pour un monde en commun 🇺🇳🌍✊🏽🎈

The case for a stronger EU–IFAD alliance is clear. Traditional funding models are no longer sufficient to address the scale and complexity of today’s crises. What is required is a shift towards mobilizing and deploying capital where it has the greatest stabilizing effect, at the #FirstMile. At the @Europarl_EN Committee on Development, I highlighted how global shocks, particularly disruptions to energy and fertilizer supply chains, are translating into structural pressures on food systems. Food security is macro-critical, with direct implications for economic stability, supply chains and global markets. Our investments in sustainable agricultural practices including the production of local bio fertilizers for example are strategically important to make global food systems more resilient and protect crucial food supply chains. IFAD’s financing model, combining public contributions with market-based financing, enables this scale. Strengthening the EU–IFAD partnership provides a clear pathway to de-risk investment, reinforce global value chains and protect both producer and consumer markets. My bilateral discussions with @EU_Commission counterparts DG @KoenDoens and Cristina Miranda Gozalvez (DG INTPA) reaffirmed the shared commitment to deepen cooperation ahead of #IFAD14 with strong alignment to Global Gateway priorities and strategic corridors. IFAD’s comparative advantage lies in its ability to mobilize and deploy capital at the first mile, where constraints are greatest, but where investment can unlock the highest development and economic returns. #FinancingTheFirstMile

L’occident se réorganise sans Trump. Le Canada (4e producteur mondial de pétrole et gaz) se rapproche de l’Europe. Le PM @MarkJCarney au Sommet de la Communauté politique européenne à Erevan: “Un ordre international sera reconstitué à partir de l’Europe.”

✍️Signed! The 🇪🇺🇦🇲 Connectivity Partnership. From transport to energy and digital networks, it can turn Armenia into a strategic hub at the crossroads of continents. Linking the EU, the South Caucasus & Central Asia.

Strategie Global Gateway, kterou mám v Evropské komisi na starosti, je zásadní příležitostí pro české firmy. Dnes to potvrdil přímo premiér Andrej Babiš v Uzbekistánu při podpisu smlouvy o dodávce vlaků od společnosti Škoda Group, dohody, kterou vláda označila za „obchod dvacetiletí”. Záruční mechanismus, který jsme loni na podzim připravili společně s EIB a EGAPem, a více než rok intenzivního vyjednávání s uzbeckými představiteli - včetně dvou jednání přímo s prezidentem Mirzijojevem - přinesly kýžený výsledek. Jde o podporu, která je k dispozici všem evropským firmám, jež mají v zahraničí co nabídnout. Jak je v politice obvyklé, úspěch má vždy mnoho rodičů. V tomto případě velký dík patří kolegům z Evropské komise, Evropské investiční bance, EGAPu, naší Evropské delegaci v Taškentu a @prezidentPavel a jeho týmu.

This was my April. 📍 One Health Summit in Lyon 🇫🇷 - reinforcing Europe’s commitment to strong global health systems. 📍 EU-OCT Forum in Aruba 🇦🇼 - stepping up our cooperation with the strategic territories home to one million Europeans.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 📍 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington 🇺🇸 - making the case for Global Gateway as a model for sustainable investment. 📍 Global Gateway Business Forum in Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 - advancing our investments in clean energy, health, and digital infrastructure. 📍 G7 Development Ministerial in Paris 🇫🇷 - coordinating with partners on the future of international development cooperation.

Europe needs bold, innovative companies that can compete on the global stage. We have the talent. Now we must create the environment for Europe’s next champions. Today, we are publishing our draft merger guidelines to better support companies to thrive, scale, and innovate. And boost Europe's competitiveness ↓ link.europa.eu/mvjGCw

💬 In a recent op-ed for @TheAfricaReport, Council member @DonaldKaberuka reflects on Africa’s path towards economic sovereignty and long-term development. 👉 Read here: bit.ly/3OYe4MV

@JozefSikela A real break-through, and the result of hard and consistent work for over more than a year at political level by @JozefSikela and with the technical and financial teams of administrations, financiers and industry. A real #TeamEurope success of EU and CZ partnering with Uzbekistan

One example: in Namibia, we support HyIron, a facility that uses locally produced renewable hydrogen to process iron ore cutting emissions to minimum. Africa’s first of its kind. Alongside it, we invest in training and skills so that local communities can benefit from what the hydrogen economy offers them.

This is Europe’s comprehensive offer: combining our economic strength with our partners’ potential to build strategic partnerships that deliver for both sides. Not extraction. Not dependency. Shared priorities.

At the G7 Development Ministers’ meeting in Paris, I am making the case for Europe’s approach to partnerships under Global Gateway, built on what we call a 360° model. Here is what is it about. 👇

Today we focus on the #EUASEAN Partnership. Backed by €180M + €10B via #GlobalGateway, our cooperation focuses on: ⚡ clean energy & grid integration through the ASEAN Power Grid 🛰️ earth observation & preparedness through Copernicus Scroll to know more 👉

French President Macron: We have to be lucid on the US strategy… This is not just Trump’s character or behavior. The United States, I would say, for now 15 years, decided the number one issue is America — America first. The second priority is China… Their strategies just don’t put European interests at the center.

Protéger n’est pas un gros mot.

🇪🇺💶🌍We're launching the Global Green Bond Initiative Fund alongside @EU_Commission & EU development finance institutions to unlock up to €20bn in financing for sustainable infrastructure worldwide. #GlobalGateway To learn more⤵️ 🔗go.eib.org/GlobalGreenBon…