LOOP-Ports, in which the Institute for International Economics participates, has won the award in the "Climate and Energy" category.
The European project, funded by EIT Climate-KIC and of whose consortium the UVEG Institute of International Economics is a member, has been awarded at the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) World Port Sustainability Awards 2020 in the "Climate and Energy" category.
LOOP-Ports(https://www.loop-ports.eu/) is a project coordinated by the Valenciaport Foundation and funded by EIT Climate-KIC whose objective is to facilitate the transition to a more circular economy in the port sector through the creation of a Port Network in this area that will provide an innovation ecosystem around port activity and stimulate the dissemination of circular economy initiatives. Currently a total of 44 entities from 14 countries, mainly Port Authorities and port associations at European level are part of this Ports Network. https://sustainableworldports.org/project/port-of-valencia-the-loop-ports-project/
The project, which has a duration of 26 months, ends in December 2020. Loop-Ports involves 13 partners from 6 EU member states (Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands): Fundacion Valenciaport (coordinator); EIT Climate-KIC S.L.; Climate-KIC S.r.l.; Climate-KIC GmbH; Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU); NTU International A/S; Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO); Università di Bologna; Universität Hamburg; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Universitat de València; Eco Environnement Ingenièrie (2EI) and Veolia Innove.
The World Port Sustainability Awards were created to recognize the best projects registered in the IAPH's World Port Sustainability Program (WPSP), a program that was created in May 2017 with the aim of coordinating future sustainability efforts of ports worldwide and fostering international cooperation with supply chain partners, always guided by the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The awards ceremony, initially scheduled to be held in March in Antwerp, within the framework of the IAPH World Ports 2020 Conference, and subsequently cancelled due to COVID-19, was finally held on June 24 virtually, through a webinar with the participation of the Director General of the IAPH, Patrick Verhoeven and representatives of the award-winning entities. Federico Torres, Director of Safety, Environment and Facilities of the APV, received, on behalf of the project consortium, the award for the LOOP-Ports project. Torres highlighted the great relevance of this award for the ports participating in the project because "it means the recognition of the work done in relation to the promotion of circular economy as a future strategy in ports".
