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- 2025-10-08
The European Union’s Global Gateway aims to build strong, sustainable connections worldwide in digital, energy, transport, health, education, and research.
At the core of its digital dimension is the Digital for Development Hub, a platform designed to turn this vision into global action.
The D4D Hub brings together the EU, its Member States, and a broad network of partners to promote a human-centric digital transformation. Through coordination, investment, and knowledge sharing, the Hub works to bridge digital divides and build inclusive digital economies worldwide.
A key component of this effort is the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG), a dedicated space for businesses and industry associations to contribute to the design of digital policies and initiatives. The PSAG is now open to new members.
What is the D4D Hub?
The D4D Hub is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together governments, civil society, academia, and the private sector to support global digital transformation. It aims to:
- Coordinate European digital cooperation
- Mobilise joint investments
- Support locally owned initiatives
- Promote the European approach to inclusive digital development
The D4D Hub operates through thematic working groups, regional branches, national-level informal digital hubs, and advisory groups such as the PSAG.
Ten themes are at the core of the D4D Hub:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Connectivity
- Cybersecurity / Data security
- Green and digital transition
- Digital governance
- Digital health
- Digital skills
- Earth observation and space
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Digital and gender rights
What is the Private Sector Advisory Group?
The Private Sector Advisory Group is an official advisory body of the D4D Hub that includes enterprises and business associations from the digital sector. Its role is to contribute private sector expertise to the D4D Hub’s planning and implementation of digital cooperation programmes.
By engaging directly with PSAG, members can help inform policies, investments, and initiatives in a way that ensures digital transformation is inclusive, sustainable, and aligned with the needs of partner countries.
Why join the Private Sector Advisory Group?
Joining the PSAG will allow you to:
- Get practical insights into digital industry trends, technologies, and market needs.
- Advise on how digital cooperation projects can be designed to deliver better outcomes.
- Engage with European and global partners in shaping digital transformation efforts.
- Help ensure that digital development is human‑centred, inclusive, and aligned with values like rights, equity, and sustainability.
Who is eligible to join?
- Individual enterprises that are active in the digital sector, including start-ups, SMEs, and large corporations.
- Business associations representing the interests of digital industries.
- To be considered, applicants must endorse the D4D Hub’s value-based approach to digital transformation.
- Applicants must have their main activities in the European Union or its partner countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, or in the European neighbourhood.