{"id":13880,"date":"2025-05-21T11:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/?p=13880"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:35:58","slug":"estuary-encounters-2025-a-3rd-edition-focused-on-cooperation-and-territories-in-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/en\/estuary-encounters-2025-a-3rd-edition-focused-on-cooperation-and-territories-in-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Estuary Encounters 2025 \u2013 A 3rd Edition Focused on Cooperation and Territories in Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"323\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"323\">Thursday, May 16, Terre d\u2019Estuaire\u2014an immersive venue located at the port of Cordemais\u2014provided a symbolic and inspiring setting for the 3rd edition of the <em data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"178\">Estuary Encounters<\/em>, an annual event organized by the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Metropolitan Hub and the PETR of Pays de Retz, as part of the TRAJECTOIRE 2050 program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"377\"><strong data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"377\">Better understanding estuaries to build together<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"550\">Estuaries are strategic areas where ecological, economic, and social challenges intersect. They also offer valuable opportunities for cooperation among local stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"656\">This year\u2019s edition highlighted the Loire and Seine estuaries\u2014two territories facing similar challenges.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"799\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">One of the key moments of the event was the visit of \u00c9douard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre and President of the Seine Estuary Metropolitan Hub.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747416898419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747416898419.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747416898419-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.standwithukraineeurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747416898419-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"27\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"27\">Among the participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"221\">Johanna Rolland, Mayor of Nantes<br data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"64\" \/>David Samzun, Mayor of Saint-Nazaire<br data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"103\" \/>Doroth\u00e9e Pacaud, Mayor of Saint-Br\u00e9vin<br data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"144\" \/>Bruno Marmiroli, Director of the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Mission<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"426\">Alongside them, urban planners, researchers, architects, and local stakeholders enriched the discussions with a shared ambition: to make estuaries pilot spaces for innovation, transition, and solidarity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"693\">One of the highlights of the day was the official announcement of the partnership between Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, and the Ukrainian city of Kherson, in the presence of Vadym Omelchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to France, and Vitalii Bielobrov, Deputy Mayor of Kherson.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"922\">Also located on an estuary\u2014that of the Dnipro River near the Black Sea\u2014Kherson shares many challenges and priorities with the French estuaries: a strategic geographical position, strong port activity, and ecological transition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1153\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Deeply affected by Russia\u2019s war of aggression, the city of Kherson stands today as a powerful symbol of the need for international solidarity and dialogue between territories, to collectively imagine and build concrete solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, May 16, Terre d\u2019Estuaire\u2014an immersive venue located at the port of Cordemais\u2014provided a symbolic and inspiring setting for the 3rd edition of the Estuary Encounters, an annual event organized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-actions-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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