CAF receives prize for internationalization of Guarantee Seal

(Special, October 15, to 2008). A special prize was awarded to the Andean Development Corporation in the III Presentation of the ValenciaPort Foundation Prizes. The award recognizes the Corporation’s work in favor of the internationalization of the Guarantee Seal.

CAF President & CEO Enrique García thanked the Foundation for the special prize awarded by the jury. "We are convinced that a process of sustainable development depends, among other factors, on achieving high levels of international competitiveness, which is not possible if port services do not have the required quality." García added, “it is precisely by means of the Guarantee Mark that the provision of these services can be optimized."

The multilateral financial organization works in favor of the internationalization of the Guarantee Seal through the Latin American Port Quality Association, set up in April 2007 by CAF, the Guarantee Seal Foundation, a dependency of the Generalitat de Valencia, and Valenciaport Foundation.

About the Third Presentation of the Prize

The jury included Rafael del Moral, president of Valencia Port Foundation; Vicente Boluda Fos, president of the Valencia Ship Owners Association; Miguel Tell Ramón, president of the Official Valencia Association of Customs Agents; and Luis Rosa, president of ATEIA Valencia.

The prizes of this Third Presentation went to Transbull Valencia, S.L. (Quality); China Shipping (Spain) Agency, S.L. (Technological Innovation); Unión Temporal de Empresas formed by Urbaser, S.A. and Marpol Levante, S.L. (Best Environmental Management); the group formed by INVASSAT, Transcont, ELTC and ARCE (In-company Training). Lastly, the study, "Deployment of the strategic plan of the Valencia-Valenciaport Authority: Use of the Balanced Scorecard as management model," by José Antonio Aparisi and Vicente Ripoll Feliu of the University of Valencia, received a prize for Best Research in Transport and Logistics and 3,000 euros as stimulus to development of scientific research of excellence in this area.

Special Prizes also went to Marítima Valenciana, S.A. (Business Initiative), and Rafael Aznar Garrigues (Professional Record).