Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities

RETE is an international organization whose mission is to develop and improve the mutual collaboration etween the port cities and the ports of Southern and Mediterranean Europe and Latin America. RETE was founded in June 2001 in Lisbon by initiative of the International Centre Cities on Water. The goals of the Association are to sponsor, develop and implement programs, projects, activities and training opportunities, study, research and diffusion to promote:
• the cooperation between port administrations and local, regional and national administrations, as well as other interested public and private groups;
• the best integration of ports in their territorial, economic, social, cultural and environmental context;
• prosperity and improvement of the quality of life in port cities.

RETE utilises two communication instruments: the website www.reteonline.org and the new six-monthly magazine Portus.

To date, the following have joined:

Ordinary Members
Puertos del Estado (Madrid), AML - Area Metropolitana de Lisboa, Administração do Porto de Lisboa, Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras, Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona, Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas, Autoridad Portuaria de Santander, Administração do Portos de Douro e Leixões, Comune di Olbia, Centro Città d’Acqua.

Collaborating Members
A.I.P.P.Y.C. – Asociación Internacional de Profesionales de Puertos y Costas (Argentina), Ajuntamiento de Maó (Menorca), Ayuntamiento de Palma, Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña, Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante, Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés, Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares, Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón, Autorità Portuale di Genova, Autorità Portuale di Palermo, Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón, Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla, Autoritad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla, Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia, Administração dos Portos da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Administração do Porto de Aveiro, Portos dos Acores, Administração do Porto de Viana do Castelo, Camara Municipal de Viana do Castelo, ARUP Madrid, Ayuntamiento de Málaga, Fundación Valenciaport, Stazioni Marittime Spa (Genova), Malagaport A.I.E., Consorzio del Porto di Alghero, Empresa Nacional de Puertos (Capo Verde).

Honorary Members
José Luis Estrada (Barcelona), Brian Hoyle (Southampton), Luis Barroso (Lisboa), Manuel Frasquilho (Lisboa), Natercia Rego Cabral (Lisboa), João Figueira de Sousa (Lisboa), Julián Maganto (Madrid).

Aderenti
Iberport Consulting S.A. (Valencia), Junquera Arquitectos (Madrid), Giglio & Partners (Alghero), TEAM - Ports & Maritime S.L. (Barcelona), Alessandro Gebbia (Vico Equense, Napoli), Juan Manuel Palerm (Las Palmas), Pedro Romero García (Las Palmas), Tore Frulio (Firenze), Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Cadiz, Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Málaga, Maria José Andrade (Málaga), Escuela de Ingenieros de Camino, Canales y Puertos - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, TJMa José Ma Tomás Arquitectos (Valencia), Associação Cultural Saber Global (Rio de Janeiro), Aspesia S.L. (Barcelona), Dipartimento Ambiente Reti e Territorio - Università G.D'annunzio (Pescara).