Introduction

The second edition of the River Port Cities working group on the theme of “Cities, Ports and Rivers: Responding to global challenges with local solutions” highlighted the case of our member Port of Seville. As an inland seaport, the port has made a strong commitment in recent years to improving its relations with the city and its citizens. The Distrito Urbano Portuario in particular is an ambitious project, to which AIVP has contributed, designed to make the city-port interface more accessible, inclusive, sustainable and more.

Over the two days, participants was able to discover this inland port and its many initiatives through meetings with team members and site visits.

Indoor workshops allowed participants to discuss shared problems with their peers and contribute to solving them together. Among other topics, we discussed:
– Urban redevelopment in river areas.
– Water uses and activities. Shared uses and governance.
– Circular economy and environmental regeneration projects in city and river port environments.

This event is reserved for Working Group members.

DAY 1, Wednesday, 5 March

Seville Tourist Office – Salón de Actos.
P.º Alcalde Marqués del Contadero, s/n, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Seville

09:30
Institutional opening of the conference

  • Speeches by authorities:
  • Rafael CARMONA, President of the Port Authority of Seville
  • Fernando VÁZQUEZ, Director of Urban Planning and Environment, City of Sevilla
  • José M. PAGES SANCHEZ, Director of Agenda 2030, Projects and Content, AIVP
  • Signing of the AIVP Agenda 2030

10:00 – 11:30
WORKSHOP 1: Urban reconversion of river areas

The case of the Port of Seville.

  • The Urban Port District:
  • Ángel PULIDO, director of the Port Authority of Seville
  • José María de CÁRDENAS, CEO of Eddea CityThinking
  • The transformation of the Seville docks:
  • Jorge ALMAZÁN, Technical Director of the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, City of Sevilla

Coffee break

12:00 – 13:30
Visit to the Urban Port District of Seville

Explanations by the Technical Office of the project.

  • José María de CÁRDENAS, CEO of Eddea CityThinking

Lunch break at the Seville Port Museum

15:00 – 17:00
WORKSHOP 2: Urban reconversion in river areas

Exemples d’autres ports mondiaux

  • Aristide TANGA BILE, City of Douala, Cameroon
  • Alexandre JANIN et Olivier PILLONEL, Compagnie Nationale du Rhône and Area Métropolitana de Lyon, France
  • Gaëlle SCHAUNER et Yasmine KERTZINGER, Port of Strasbourg, France
  • Noémi MENE, AIVP, France

17:00 – 18:00
Cultural activity. Torre del Oro and Nao Victoria 500

21:00 – 22:30
Dinner at “la Casa de María”

Day 2, Thursday, March 6

Oficina de Turismo de Sevilla – Salón de Actos.
P.º Alcalde Marqués del Contadero, s/n, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Sevilla

09:30 – 11:00
WORKSHOP 3: Sustainable port cities

  • Antonio BEJARANO, Head of Environmental Division, Seville Port Authority. ESPO 2025 Award, Introduction to the SAFARI project, Spain
  • Jean DEBRIE, University of Paris 1, France
  • Sébastien FONBONNE, Ecocéan, France
  • José M. PAGES SANCHEZ, AIVP, Portugal

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00
WORKSHOP 4: Managing uses and activities on the waterway

  • Benno BULTINK, Connected River Project, Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands
  • Ann-Françoise WIAME, CEO, Port de Namur, Belgium
  • Noémi MENE, AIVP, France

13:00 – 13:30
Conclusions and continuation of the working group

13:30 – 15:30
Boat trip with cocktail on board
Embarkation and disembarkation next to the Torre del Oro
Torre del Oro, P.º de Cristóbal Colón, s/n, Casco Antiguo, 41001 Sevilla

Contacts

Noémie Mene

Noémi MENE

Project Manager – Sustainable Mobility and River Port Cities

nmene@aivp.org

Useful information

Date(s)

2025-03-05 00:00:00