What is the Port Center Network?
It is a working group that focuses on sharing best practices related to the subject of port, city and citizen integration, and in promoting the concept of Port Center.
It meets annually to exchange on the latest innovations in the field of dialogue with the citizen. So far, six workshops have already been organised: Ashdod in 2014, Dunkerque in 2015, Antwerp in 2016, Le Havre in 2017, Genoa in 2018 and Bilbao in 2019.

The Port Center Network has the ambition to:
- Federate and develop collaboration between the existing initiatives
- Giving a better visibility and promote Port Centers all over the world
- Introducing a clearer port city dimension in order to enhance their collaboration
- Offering a benchmark platform for new initiatives looking for successful experiences
- Make collaborate in a more proactive way citizen, port community and the academic world
- Get more interested the economic actors to participate and support
The initiative has been blessed by other port networks such as:
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Online Associate Degree in Port City Sustainability
WEBINAR – DIGITAL
The ‘Port City Sustainability’ programme of remote courses is a joint initiative by the International Association of Ports and Cities (AIVP) and the International Institute of Ports and Cities (IIPC), a port city training organisation.
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The World Ocean Summit – The Economist Impact
Lisbon, Portugal
The World Ocean Summit is an annual global event bringing together the widest cross-section of the ocean community from business and finance to governments, national and international policy-makers, civil society and academia. The AIVP is a media partner of this event.
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