Ports Environmental Network Africa (PENAf)
Ports Environmental Network Africa (PENAf) is a transnational-oriented organisation that seeks to improve environmental and sustainability performance in African Ports by creating collaborative and interactive partnerships to stimulate discussions, knowledge, information, experiences and best practice exchange aimed at finding pragmatic innovations and solutions towards the sustainable development of African ports.
PENAf is interested in innovating inclusive interactive arrangements among state, private and societal actors and institutions from sub-national, national, regional and international levels towards the sustainable development of African Ports.
Objectives of PENAf:
- Raise environmental and sustainability awareness among African ports;
- Support the building of environmental sustainability capacity and governance for African ports with prospects for high quality service delivery towards their sustainable growth;
- Promote port environmental sustainability cooperation (local, regional and international) through knowledge, information, best practice and experience sharing and exchange for the sustainable development of African ports;
- Facilitate, coordinate and support concrete collaborative projects on the adoption and development of innovative environmental and sustainability interventions and approaches in African ports;
- Engage in scientific research on African ports and the environmental and sustainability nexus;
- Facilitate and support the integration of environmental and sustainability considerations into the overall planning, policy making and operational practices of African ports;
- Support African ports to overcome their institutional differences and increase collaboration to advance the harmonization of environmental sustainability policies and practices;
- Promote transparency in communicating and reporting on port environmental sustainability efforts and performance.
Address: 5th Floor Oceanea Building, Tema Fishing Harbour Road, Tema, PMB 162 – Ghana
Tel: +233 24 3575890
Address: Ruivenstraat 163, 3036 DD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel : +31 (0) 686436555
E-mail : info@penaf.org
