The G7 Infrastructure Investment Council (the “Council”) convened its second meeting on 30 April 2026, on the margins of the G7 Development Ministers Meeting. The Council brings together leading global infrastructure private capital providers and the G7 Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to advance practical solutions to accelerate high-impact, sustainable infrastructure investments in emerging markets.
The meeting marked a shift from agenda setting to implementation, with a focus on tangible outcomes during 2026 that mobilize private capital, reduce friction in blended finance transaction, and strengthen policy-market alignment.
Council members reaffirmed that:
• Mobilizing private capital is essential to closing infrastructure financing gaps in emerging markets, particularly in energy transition, transport, water and sanitation, and digital infrastructure sectors.
• High transaction costs, information asymmetries, and structural misalignments continue to constrain investment.
• DFIs play a systemic catalytic role through their longstanding emerging market track record and knowledge, balance sheets, risk appetite, and policy mandates, but face constraints related to scale, mandate complexity, and under-developed relationships with private capital intermediaries and allocators.
• Clear policy leadership from G7 shareholders and emerging market governments on private capital mobilization is necessary to advance reforms and enable market ready solutions.
2026 COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Facilitate stronger DFI–investor partnerships
Successful private investors have established private capital relationships marked by trust, track record of successful deployment, and serial replenishment. DFIs can mobilize for development by engaging more directly with investors to reduce specific tactical roadblocks to capital formation.
Promote balanced blended finance structures
Improve capital efficiency and enable mobilization at pace and scale by encouraging financial structures that better align risk and return across public, impact-oriented, and institutional capital, while building on the British International Investment (BII) blended finance toolkit and scorecard.
Increase mobilization pathways
Explore expansion of originate-to-share (OtS) models, including loan syndication, portfolio syndication, and, where appropriate, securitization in emerging markets that lack private sector origination. These models can help recycle DFI capital, crowd-in private investors, and scale mature infrastructure portfolios, while safeguarding DFI mandates.
Advance reporting harmonization
Reduce duplicative reporting and transaction costs by elevating reporting harmonization as a policy priority and promoting alignment and adoption of existing initiatives.
Strengthen the policy-market feedback loop
Provide evidence-based input to G7 policymakers on how policy and development finance frameworks affect infrastructure investment outcomes, to improve the bankability and scalability of G7 initiatives, including the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment.
CONCLUSION
The Council reaffirmed its commitment to delivering practical, investor-informed solutions that strengthen the effectiveness of G7 development finance and accelerate sustainable infrastructure investment in emerging markets, in line with members’ respective mandates, strategies, and operational models. Members agreed to maintain momentum through 2026, with the next convening in September 2026 and active engagement with G7 policy processes.
ABOUT THE G7 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT COUNCIL
Led by FinDev Canada under Canada's G7 presidency and in collaboration with the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), the Council brings together the collective strength of G7 DFIs - including the UK's British International Investment (BII), France's Proparco, Germany's Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Italy's Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) - with the expertise of leading institutional investors to accelerate infrastructure deployment in emerging markets and developing economies. The Council’s inaugural private sector members consist of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, Actis, a part of General Atlantic, Sun Life, Brookfield, Mirova, Natixis Investment Managers, Macquarie, Allianz Global Investors, Ninety One, Nuveen, Mizuho Financial Group, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).