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11 March 2024

2024 Kickoff: Cruises & Port Cities

The Cruises & Port Cities Working Group, led by Noemi Frascella and Jose Sanchez, met on March 6 to finalize their collaborative publication, highlighting insights from 23 members since 2021. The meeting covered progress updates, an action plan for 2024, and discussions on social integration and sustainability. Future directions were explored, making the session a valuable preview of the upcoming publication.

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6 March 2024

Visit from the Canal Department of Paris

On March 1, Arc'hantael Dorothé and Marie-Pierre Padovani from the Paris City Hall Canal Department paid us a visit at our offices in Le Havre.

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21 February 2024

Survey on the “River Port Cities” working group

AIVP is currently creating a working group dedicated to River Port Cities. Share your opinion!

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21 February 2024

Internship – Communications Assistant

Who are we? The Association Internationale Villes et Ports (AIVP) was founded in 1988. Its […]

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14 February 2024

AIVP team goes to Lisbon to prepare the next World Conference Cities and Ports

The General Manager of AIVP, Mr. Bruno Delsalle, and Mr. José M P Sánchez, Director of the Agenda 2030, travelled to the Portuguese capital to hold several meetings with key local partners.

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7 February 2024

AIVP continues to expand its presence in Florida

Our association was once again represented by one of its staff members in Florida, in January 24. In this article, you will find some insights about this mission to expand our association in the United States.

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1 February 2024

In 2024, our course program on sustainable port cities continues – Registration Open!

The program offer in-depth knowledge on subjects as diverse as governance, the circular economy and energy transition, underwater ecosystems in port areas, heritage and city-port identity, and the impact of criminal activity on the quality of life of port city residents. Speakers include experts, academics and international civil servants from various countries and continents. The course are designed to support you in the exercise of your professional practice, but also to create links, thus fostering fruitful collaboration on a local and global scale, as highlighted by many participants in the satisfaction surveys we have carried out. A new edition will take place in October 2024; registration is now open!

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31 January 2024

With Bordeaux, the Port Center family is growing!

The traditional New Year's wishes ceremony organized by the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux was marked this year by the official launch of the project "Le Pavillon, Port Center Bordeaux." Led by the port, the metropolis, and the maritime union, the Port Center will be situated along the shores of the "bassins à flots," at the heart of both ship repair activities and the city center.

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24 January 2024

AIVP and the port community of La Rochelle sign the Ecologic Transition Charter for the…

Since 2019, the Agenda 2030 by AIVP has been a strategic reference framework for many port cities around the world. With its 10 goals, this agenda sets a course towards the sustainable port city. Of course, it is all the more ambitious when the main stakeholders of a port are jointly committed. The approach adopted today by Port Atlantique La Rochelle is remarkable in this respect, as it brings together the region's private companies and the port authority.

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20 December 2023

AIVP joins webinar on human capital for the blue economy 

On the 19th of December Dr. José M P Sánchez Director of the Agenda 2030 by AIVP, represented our organization in an online event organized by Forum Ocano on the framework of the Marmed EU project.

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18 December 2023

Save the date: World Conference Cities & Ports by AIVP

We're thrilled to announce the upcoming AIVP Annual Conference - the event of the year for all things port cities! 📅 Date: 𝟐𝟕-𝟐𝟖-𝟐𝟗-𝟑𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 📍 Location: Lisbon, Portugal

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6 December 2023

Edouard Philippe, President of AIVP addresses the Assises de l’économie de la mer congress

Our President shared his vision and views on a variety of issues: "A port isn’t just a port, it’s always an industrial zone, or a production and storage zone [...] Decarbonizing a port means decarbonizing the whole industry around the port."

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