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The LOOP-Ports project is organising a Pan-European Workshop on the Circular Economy in Ports.

The European project LOOP-Ports, of which the Institute of International Economics is a member of the consortium, is organising a Pan-European workshop on the circular economy in ports with the aim of identifying and characterising the areas of intervention in the sector in this area.

The partners of the European LOOP-Ports project organised a Pan-European Workshop on the Circular Economy in Ports on 7 October, which was attended by members of their stakeholder network(https://www.loop-ports.eu/network-of-ports/) and representatives of other port authorities in the European Union.

The main objective of this workshop was to identify and address the barriers and challenges faced by port organizations in terms of regulation, technological issues, training, etc. in relation to the circular economy. In order to facilitate discussion, exchange experiences and share good practices, the workshop was structured around the three areas of intervention in addressing circular economy solutions in the port area identified during the project: circular port assets, circular flows in ports, and circular ports and markets.

During the first part of the workshop, the results of the LOOP-Ports project to date were briefly presented. EIT Climate-KIC, as co-financer of this initiative, also made a presentation of other projects related to the circular economy that are currently being carried out in the maritime port sector.

Then, in the second part of the workshop, the participants divided into heterogeneous working groups and discussed the potential offered by this long-term vision of port sustainability in the various areas of intervention identified during the project. The sessions had an interactive character through the use of online participation tools that allowed the moderator to collect results on the actions of circular economy that are being carried out in the sector, both quantitative and qualitative.