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.rete2001.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, Autoritad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Autoridad Portuaria de Santander, Administração do Portos de Douro e Leixões, Autorità Portuale di Olbia e Golfo Aranci, Ayuntamiento de Arrecife, Comune di Olbia, Regione Liguria, Centro Città d’Acqua.

Collaborating Members
A.I.P.P.Y.C. – Asociación Internacional de Profesionales de Puertos y Costas (Argentina), Consell Insular de Menorca, Dirección General de Costas – Ministerio de Medio Ambiente (España), Ajuntamiento de Maó (Menorca), Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña, Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante, Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés, Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares, Autorità Portuale di Genova, Autorità Portuale di Palermo, Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón, Ports de la Generalitat, Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla, Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia, Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo, Administração dos Portos da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Administração dos Portos de Setubal e Sesimbra, Ayuntamiento de Malaga, Durres Municipality (Albania), Empresa Pública de Puertos de Andalucía, (Sevilla), Fundación Valenciaport, Stazioni Marittime Spa (Genova), Malagaport A.I.E., Sociedad de Desarrollo de Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Honorary Members
José Luis Estrada (Barcelona), Brian Hoyle (Southampton), Natercia Rego Cabral (Lisbon), João Figueira de Sousa (Lisbon).

Aderenti
Iberport Consulting S.A. (Valencia), European Sea Ports Organisation (Bruxelles), Junquera Arquitectos (Madrid), Porto di Alghero. Consorzio per i servizi interni portuali (Alghero), Viola Ingegneri & Architetti Associati (Milano), TEAM - Tecnología Europea Aplicada al Movimiento (Barcelona), Aldo Mazzanobile (Roma), Alessandro Gebbia (Vico Equense, Napoli), Juan Manuel Palerm (Las Palmas), Pedro Romero García (Las Palmas), Paola Pierotti (Roma).

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