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EIC has supported the introduction of an EU legal framework for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) from the outset under certain conditions, and has now submitted its final key messages to trilogue negotiators.

EIC experts were invited by FIDIC to participate in several panels of FIDIC’s 2025 International Contract Users’ Conference, perfected the excellent collaboration between FIDIC and EIC in 2025 and indicated the need for future dialogue in the coming year.

The EIC Workshop on 10 October 2025 during the Autumn Conference in Vienna attracted more than 90 delegates for a vivid discussion on the Global Gateway strategy in the transport sector.

The European Investment Bank has published the outcome of an open survey conducted by its Procurement Officen on competition beyond the EU as part of EIB's ongoing efforts to promote a level playing field for all competitors in non-EU markets.

On 23 September 2025, EIC President Gustavo Martínez and EIC Director Frank Kehlenbach participated in the Autumn Plenary Meeting of the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group (BAG) in Brussels, chaired by the Director-General of DG INTPA, Koen Doens.

EIC was invited to join the 4th edition of the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 10-11 July 2025 in Rome and to co-organise an official Conference Side Event together with FIEC, ANCE and CPU titled ‘The Green Reconstruction of Ukraine’.

At the conference organised by TOR Vergata University of Rome, EIC Board Member Philippe Dessoy spoke to procurement experts from International Financial Institutions and regulatory bodies, policymakers and contracting authorities.

The EIC General Assembly held on 25th of April 2025 in Bordeaux elects as its new President Gustavo Martínez from Spain and Matteo d’Aloja from Italy as new EIC Vice President.