Between the 12th and 14th of March leading experts and organizations gathered to discuss key issues for the reconstruction of Beirut, such as mobility, housing, heritage, and, of...
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The Sefacil Foundation launched in January the 7th volume of the Collection Les Océanides with the title “Dinámicas portuarias en el Caribe y América Latina: Ports in transition...
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Martial Dubuisson and Manon Vain are the newest members of the AIVP team. With their different professional backgrounds, they will bring valuable new skills to our team!
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On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, celebrated on 8 March, AIVP asked the women in its network of experts to give their views in a short...
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AIVP is proud to make you discover the new functionalities of its website !
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Italy was the first European country to suffer the full consequences of the COVID-19. In this article, Tiziana Murgia from Assoporti, Francesca Morucci and Massimiliano Barbera from the...
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The directory of the AIVP’s network gives our members access to 2000 personal contacts whom they can consult in the framework of their own projects. It is an...
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AIVP is to support the city of Marseilles in its efforts to create a network of Port Centers. On two occasions in recent weeks, Bruno Delsalle has spoken...
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Over 40 representatives of institutional and professional organisations came together on 1 December 2020, to discuss the future of the 26 hectares of port land and docks at...
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Citythinking runs the Technical Office created by the Port Authority of Seville (APS) to manage the design and project development of the new Port Urban District. The main...
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The Puerto Madero Corporation (CPM) was created in 1989 to urbanise and manage 170 Ha belonging to the old port. The many international prizes awarded in the last...
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Entitled “Droit de cité, de la "ville-monde" à la "ville du quart d'heure” (“From the Global City to the 15 Minute City”), the latest book by Carlos Moreno,...
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A working group named “Geopolitics of the Sea: Looking Ahead to 2040” brought together around a dozen experts, tasked with shaping a forward-looking scenario to define France’s future...
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AIVP’s AGM took place online on Tuesday 24 November 2020. It was attended by 78 members, from 20 different countries. The members were able to debate and formally...
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AIVP is supporting the initiative by Les Ateliers de Cergy to launch preliminary explorations for a city-port project in San Pedro (RCI). A formal call for proposals is...
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AIVP is organizing a series of webinars entitled “Port City Talks” to continue to debate, to build the port city of tomorrow and to keep in touch with...
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AIVP is organising a series of webinars entitled “Port City Talks” to continue to debate, to build the port city of tomorrow and to keep in touch with...
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AIVP brought its experience of port-city relations to a webinar organised by the Port of Valparaiso (Chile). This webinar, broadcast live on Chilean television, was seen by more...
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All four finalists of the 2020 ESPO Award on Social Integration of Ports are AIVP members. AIVP also collaborates with the European port lobby, providing one member of...
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AIVP is organising a series of webinars entitled “Port City Talks” to continue to debate, to build the port city of tomorrow and to keep in touch with...
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Ports de Normandie owns and operates the ports of Caen-Ouistreham, Cherbourg and Dieppe. Here are the organisation’s vital statistics: 6,000 direct and indirect jobs (source: 2016 study by...
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AIVP is pleased to welcome Chloé Colboc and Théo Fortin aboard. They will bring new energy and fresh perspective on our worldwide network. Let’s meet them... For those...
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AIVP is organising a series of webinars entitled “Port City Talks” to continue to debate, to build the port city of tomorrow and to keep in touch with...
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AIVP recommends adding the new atlas published by France’s Development Agency, the AFD, to your reading list. Titled “Atlas de l'Afrique AFD - Pour un autre regard sur...
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Mersin is a Mediterranean city on the South coast of Turkey. Due to its geographical position and temperate climate, the city has been a significant transit point between...
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Hilda Ghiara is Tenured Researcher and Professor in Maritime Traffic, Ports and Regional Economies at University of Genoa (Italy). She has been member of AIVP network of experts...
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The COVID-19 pandemic affected the AIVP programme of activities but also the possibilities of physically bringing together the 33 administrators from 16 different countries. But AIVP is adapting...
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The commercial port is an economic engine for Mayotte, and a key infrastructure for connecting the archipelago with the rest of the world. Maritime traffic bringing imported goods...
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The Catholic University of Ecuador is a private university, one of the oldest in Ecuador, founded by the Jesuit Order in 1946. The Esmeraldas Campus was founded in...
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Despite the ongoing global health crisis, AIVP remains ‘open for business’ and available to deal with any requests or queries you may have. The entire team here at...
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MGI, a highly respected expert in the field of Cargo Community Systems (CCS), is pioneering new ways to facilitate and accelerate goods data exchange between international trade operators....
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Given the international health context of the Coronavirus, we inform you that the AIVP General Meeting, initially scheduled for next May 6 and 7 in Venice (Italy) is...
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The Cruise Dialogue congress which took place from 19 to 21 of February 2020, gathered global experts in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), to discuss the positive and negative...
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From 8 to 13 of February, the World Urban Forum, organized by UN-Habitat, gathered more than 17,000 participants and speakers in Abu Dhabi. AIVP ran a panel discussion...
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Port Saint John, on Canada’s Eastern seaboard is Canada's third largest seaport by tonnage, handling an average of 28 million metric tonnes of cargo annually. It is both...
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While the Urban Multimodal Distribution Centre is taking time to get up to speed, the task of integrating Ports de Lille into the metropolitan and regional fabric is...
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We are deeply saddened by news of the death of Giuliano Gallanti, who served as President of AIVP from 2002 to 2005. A charismatic figure with an international...
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Ceuta enjoys a privileged location on the Straits of Gibraltar. The port explains its motivations to join the global network of port cities by answering 3 questions.
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Exclusive interview of the President of the port of Venice and his reaction to the recent floods in his city.
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What made you decide to join AIVP? What are you expecting to gain from membership? What do you think you can contribute to AIVP? By anwsering these 3...
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A meeting between AIVP and the French interministerial group on sustainable development took place on 14 November 2019, providing an opportunity to promote the AIVP 2030 Agenda with...
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"Preserving port, industrial and logistics activities, integrating them better with those of cities and their residents, this is the challenge for the authorities running ports, in conjunction with...
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At its recent meeting on November 14, 2019, the AIVP Board of Directors concluded a year-long process of reflection by adopting a new strategy for the organisation. Members...
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Since its adoption at the General Meeting in Riga in June 2019, the AIVP 2030 Agenda has been ratified by more than 75 AIVP members from 20 different...
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This year’s edition of the ESPO award for societal integration of ports focused on citizen outreach and efficient use of social networks. Among four finalists were three AIVP...
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On the occasion of the Citizen Port Meeting organized on 24 and 25 October 2019 in Bilbao, the port of Bilbao signed the Missions Charter of a Port...
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Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality home to the only river port in Southern Africa, is located on the eastern seaboard of South Africa. The city plays a pivotal role...
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The 6th Port Citizen workshop, held on 24 and 25 October 2019 in collaboration with the Bilbao Port Authority (Spain), was attended by over 50 people from ten...
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Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment, a leading international publication for professionals in the construction industry, has devoted its latest special feature to collaborations between ports...
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At the invitation of the Nice Cote d’Azur Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Olivier Lemaire, General Manager of AIVP, travelled to Antibes on 17 September 2019 to speak...
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Denis Davoult, head of urban affairs at AIVP, travelled to Saint-Malo (France) on 10 September 2019 to meet two members of the association: the Union Maritime et Portuaire...
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At the invitation of AVITEM (Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories) and the urban network Vivapolis, Olivier Lemaire, General Manager of AIVP, took part in a round...
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The city of Mariupol (Ukraine) has just become the newest member of the AIVP network. It is the first Ukrainian city to join us, adding yet another country...
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AIVP was invited to a seminar to bring together all the economic and institutional players from the ports of Paris, Rouen and Le Havre to participate in the...
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On July 10, 2019, Jose Sánchez from AIVP joined a working session in Dublin Port Authority HQ, organized by Mr. Lar Joye and Mr. Jim Kelleher, to present...
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In Riga (Latvia), on 7th June 2019, 50 AIVP members have ratified the 10 commitments that form the AIVP Agenda 2030, which will help port decision-makers and elected...
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Riga, 7 June 2019 – The Worldwide Network of Port Cities (AIVP), which brings together 1,900 people from the private and public sectors across all continents, has signed...
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AIVP’s Annual General Meeting has been held in Riga (Latvia) on 6th June 2019. Members have elected the new Board of Directors and Executive Bureau. The programme of...
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An agreement was signed at the Sorbonne in Paris on 18 April 2019, between AIVP and the Academic Chair "Entrepreneurship, Territory, Innovation" (ETI), launched in 2018 by the...
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Part of AIA Life Designers Group, AIA Territoires is dedicated to urban projects, cities and territories. The firm has a multi-disciplinary team with varied, complementary backgrounds, including architects,...
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The conference took place during the 3rd and 4th of April in the beautiful port city of Trieste in north-east Italy. The two-day event gathered international experts, including...
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AIVP, the Worldwide Network of Port Cities, and the European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing joint initiatives and promotional...
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Marco KAMIYA who leads globally the Urban Economy and Municipal Finance Branch of UN-Habitat, will open the AIVP Days on Thursday 6th June 2019. He will share his...
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In the latest issue, you will find: a double invitation from N. Usakovs, Mayor of Riga, and A. Zeltins, CEO of the Freeport of Riga, to attend...
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We look forward to welcoming AIVP, the Worldwide Network of Port Cities, to our beautiful port city of Riga from 6 to 8 June 2019. It will...
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After meeting AIVP’s external strategic consultant José Sanchez at the “Nuevos Viejos Puertos” conference, La Marina de Valencia was impressed by AIVP’s work and activities and has now...
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The conference “Nuevos Viejos Puertos” took place on February 7th and 8th in Valencia. AIVP was represented by José M Pagés Sánchez, external strategic adviser, who gave a...
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On 15th-16th January 2019, Corinne Monnet, AIVP Network Coordinator and Chloé Colboc, Project Manager - Promotion & International Relations, had the pleasure of visiting Riga, the capital and...
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The Port City Futures Conference took place in Rotterdam between December 17th and 19th. The event was organized by Prof. Carola Hein and Maurice Jansen, rapporteurs of the...
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In this December issue, find: a text signed by Gaetan SIEW, UN-Habitat Special Envoy and Keynote Speaker of the Indian Ocean Meetings organized in November an excerpt from...
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During a mission organised on behalf of Grand Port Maritime de Guyane (GPM-Guyane), Olivier Lemaire, General Manager of AIVP met numerous stakeholders from French Guiana and discussed plans...
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AIVP recently attended the 4th cooperation meeting of planning offices for the Seine Valley. The event is intended to provide a forum for exchanges and allow participants to...
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CCI Marseille Provence, Grand Port Maritime de Marseille and Aix-Marseille Université organised the first Smart Port Day on Thursday 4 July in Warehouse J1, an emblematic location for the City Port integration...
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With AIVP, you can reach an international network of urban and port decision-makers and their economic partners. This is the opportunity to publicize your actions! We offer different advertising...
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By Philippe MATTHIS, President of AIVP, the worldwide network of port cities. The European Green Deal has just been unveiled by Ursula von der Leyen, the new President...
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The AIVP 2030 Agenda for sustainable port cities will be discussed at the highest political level during the World Urban Forum, organized by the UN in Abu Dhabi...
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The port of Algeciras Bay is a leading member of the Spanish and Mediterranean port systems in total cargo traffic, with 110 million tons in 2019. Thanks to...
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Designed as an aid to decisionmaking, the AIVP Guide of Good Practices is now available via a dedicated online platform. It currently contains 116 examples of good practices,...
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Around fifty participants from seven countries took part in this AIVP study mission to Belgium, on the theme of co-construction in city-port projects (13 and 14 November 2018)....
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