# About

On 1 July 2025, the World Economic Forum launched Leaders for European Growth and Competitiveness, a multi-stakeholder group made up of key leaders from public, private, civil society and expert organisations. The initiative acts to steer the work of four impact-driven leadership groups to support the implementation of competitiveness-enhancing reforms.


## By catalysing the full power of the single market to incentivize the development and uptake of new technologies, Europe could become a market leader in the industries of tomorrow.


## Governance and structure

The multistakeholder Leaders for European Growth and Competitiveness brings together EU and national policy makers, business and civil society leaders and experts to play a pivotal role in driving progress on this agenda, in close collaboration with the European Commission, as a platform for problem-solving to accelerate structural reforms needed to deliver growth, productivity, and employment across Europe.The Leaders Group is made up of leaders of organizations and institutions representing public, private, civil society and expert organisations at the highest level. Through the work of the four Pillars, senior leaders of these public and private bodies participate in regular policy-dialogue and in-person workshops.


## Leaders for European Growth and Competitiveness

Four thematic Pillars to spur action across:


### Clean and Competitive Energy Infrastructure

Building on the work of the CEO Action Group for the European Green Deal and in collaboration with the Forum's Centre for Energy and Materials and the First Movers Coalition, this Pillar focuses on accelerating the deployment of clean, secure and affordable energy solutions; increasing energy efficiency and other demand-side measures and investing in the required energy market infrastructure to lower energy prices for industry and consumers, while keeping Europe on track for net zero by 2050.


### Leveraging Financial Markets

In a time of competing priorities for public budgets, consolidating European capital markets could unlock significant private investment to drive up productivity and growth.This Pillar, in collaboration with the Forum's Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems, supports efforts to deepening capital markets and the investment ecosystem to unlock private investment and enhance economic productivity; diversifying funding sources and developing EU-wide savings and pension products; and harmonising banking regulation and establishing standardised requirements to make doing business in Europe more efficient.


### Enabling Strategic Alliances

Europe's digital and green transitions need to be supported by a foreign economic policy that delivers resource security and competitiveness. This Pillar, in collaboration with the Forum's Trade and Investment team, supports the strengthening of external alliances to enhance public-private cooperation in economic and strategic affairs; enhancing trade partnerships to expand Europe's trade resilience; and scaling the Global Gateway initiate to reinforce Europe's role as a reliable partner.


### Shaping the Intelligent Age

Deploying emerging technologies at speed and scale holds the promise of reigniting Europe's growth potential to deliver prosperity for its citizens in the decades to come. This Pillar, in collaboration with the Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution focuses on improving the framework conditions for startups and innovative businesses to scale across the European economy; increasing investment and R&D in critical technologies to strengthen Europe’s innovative and competitive edge; and accelerating the development and adoption of key emerging technologies such as AI.


## Part of the Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics

The Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics acts as the World Economic Forum's point of contact for key stakeholders – governments, international organizations and civil society organizations – and convenes them with the Forum’s business partners to advance cooperative solutions to critical global and regional challenges.

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### Get involved!

For more information, please reach out to your dedicated Forum contact or fill out the form.

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