High level event Trieste 25.03.2026| Testimony by Winfried Ritt – Interreg Central Europe Joint Secretariat
16/04/2026
As part of the PRESPORT dissemination event held in Trieste on 25 March 2026, this testimony highlights the perspective of key institutional stakeholders involved in European territorial cooperation, transport innovation, and macro-regional governance.
Winfried Ritt presents his involvement in one of the projects discussed during the event, ACCESSMILE, and highlights the positive results achieved through cross-fertilisation and collaborative approaches. He stresses how such cooperation supports the dual transition, benefiting not only port systems but also rural and peripheral areas surrounding them.
This testimony underlines the importance of cross-fertilisation between European projects in supporting a balanced dual transition, benefiting both port systems and surrounding territories.