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6 December 2023

First meeting of the Connection and Reflection Group at the port of Brussels

The Connection and Reflection Group, a think tank created as part of the European Connected River project, met for the first time in Brussels (Belgium) on 28 November. It is chaired by Carola Hein, professor at TU Delft (Netherlands).

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6 December 2023

AIVP and FAO host the 5th Workshop of the Blue Ports Initiative

From November 27th to 29th, the Moroccan port city of Tangier hosted the 5th workshop of the Blue Ports Initiative (BPI), the program established by FAO to support the creation of Blue ports, i.e. fishing ports embracing blue economy principles and activities. The focus of this new workshop sharing knowledge and experiences on how to strengthen the relationship between cities and ports as a strategic action for local value creation.

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4 December 2023

Press release – Launch of the AIVP Prize Antoine Rufenacht

On 16 and 17 November 2023, the AIVP world conference was held in Venice on the following theme: linking ports and citizens, a shared vision of the future. On this occasion, Edouard Philippe - President of the AIVP, Mayor of Le Havre (France), and former French Prime Minister officially announced the launch of the AIVP Prize Antoine Rufenacht. The prize will honour, from 2024 onwards, a world port city that has completed an outstanding development project.

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29 November 2023

10th Meeting of the AIVP – MedCruise Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities

On Wednesday, 22 November 2023, AIVP and MedCruise held the 10th meeting of the joint Working Group (“WG”) on Cruises and Port Cities. The online rendez-vous was co-hosted by Mr. José Sánchez, representing AIVP and Mrs. Noemi Frascella, Director of the MedCruise Board of Directors. After the opening greetings from Mr. Nicky Guerrero and Ms. Anja Lohrum - respectively Medcruise Secretary General and Senior Secretariat Advisor.

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23 November 2023

Speech by AIVP President Edouard Philippe at the AIVP International Conference Venice 2023

Read here an excerpt of the speech of the President of AIVP. The document can be downloaded at the end of this article.

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22 November 2023

AIVP Venice 2023: 300 participants gathered to envision the future of port cities

It closed on Saturday, November 18, with technical visits to the port infrastructure of Venice-Marghera, the world conference of port cities, which had a record international participation for AIVP events of this kind: 45 speakers 320 registered delegates coming from 41 countries. The goal was to discuss a new model of relationship between port institutions, citizens and stakeholders to overcome together the increasingly urgent challenges that every city faces in a scenario of climate emergency and - in some contexts - also of economic and social crisis.

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25 October 2023

9th Meeting of the AIVP – MedCruise Working Group on Cruises and Port Cities

The 9th meeting of the AIVP - MedCruise Joint Working Group on Cruise and Port Cities took place last week, on the 18th of October. The meeting was moderated by Mr. José Sánchez, representing AIVP, while also counting with the inputs from Mr. Nicky Guerrero, secretary General of MedCruise, on the recent General Assembly of his organization. Following the usual structure of the working group gatherings, there was one presentation from an external guest, Prof. Thanos Pallis, and one focusing on one member, this time the North Tyrrhenian Port Network Authority (PNA), more concretely on the ports of Piombino and Portoferraio.

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18 October 2023

AIVP recognized with Falanto award in Taranto     

Alberto Cappato, secretary of the AIVP, received the “Falanto Awards” during the ceremony of the Taranto Port Days 2023, in southern Italy. This award was set up by the Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea - Port of Taranto to highlight personalities and companies that have distinguished themselves for their activities in favour of the territory and the Taranto community.

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18 October 2023

AIVP joins MedCruise General Assembly in Burgas

MedCruise, partner organization of AIVP, hosted a very successful 63rd General Assembly between the 10th and 13th of October in Burgas, Bulgaria. Both organizations have developed a strong cooperation over the past years, since the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2021 for the sustainable development of cruise activities in port cities.

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16 October 2023

Lucile Audièvre joins AIVP to oversee the AIVP Antoine Rufenacht Prize

Lucile Audièvre became the newest member of the AIVP team on October 1st, and will be responsible for setting up the AIVP Antoine Rufenacht Prize.

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11 October 2023

AIVP’s Treasurer highlights the importance of the Port-City relation

MedCities hosted the event “Coastal Cities along the Mediterranean: governance strategies for port & city interactions” in Tangiers (Morocco), aimed at discussing effective and transferable port-city governance models that support the commitment to tackle major sustainability challenges. Mr. Mohamed Ouanaya, treasurer of the AIVP and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SAPT and SGPTV SA of Tangiers, represented and spoke on behalf of the AIVP during this event.

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11 October 2023

The AIVP represented at the Port City Atlas launch

On the 5th of November, the AIVP assisted to the official launch of the Port City Atlas: Mapping European Port City Territories in Rotterdam, organized by TU Delft and Port City Futures. The AIVP has assisted in the book-writing process over the past 1.5 years and put the Port City Atlas team in contact with circa 30 ports. The event encompassed several speeches and panels that discussed subjects linked to the importance of mapping as an analytical and tool and how to implement it in the case of South Holland. Caya Hein, Project leader – Green Transition & Agenda 2030 by AIVP, represented the AIVP and spoke at the official opening. The event was moderated by Prof. Carola Hein, Professor and Head of the Chair “History of Architecture and Urban Planning”.

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