Are you a professional woman of a Port and / or Maritime Authority of a member country of the International Maritime Organization? This information on the IMO port management and operations courses, organized by IPER in partnership with HAROPA-Port du Havre, is for you.
As part of the International Maritime Organization’s ongoing and increasing efforts to support United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, IMO’s gender programme has developed long-standing partnerships to provide gender-specific training for maritime women, by facilitating access to high-level technical training for women in the maritime sector in developing countries; and creating the environment in which women are identified and selected for career development opportunities in maritime administrations, ports and maritime training institutes.
Each year, in collaboration with the Le Havre Port Authority, 2 two-week short upgrading courses are organized by IPER for female officials from maritime and/or port authorities of developing countries to improve management and operational efficiency of their ports.
The next English seminar will take place from 24 June to 5 July 2019. Invitations will be sent mid-February by IPER to interested maritime and/or port authorities.
Lectures are delivered on a variety of port matters including, port organization and challenges, port technology and information system, security, marketing, tariffs and logistics as well as facilitation of maritime traffic, ship/port interface and concession contracts. Visits are usually organized to the Port of Le Havre and the Port of Rouen, enabling the participants to experience for themselves the day-to-day operations of a port, with a view to applying this knowledge back in their respective countries.
The demand for these courses has continued to grow substantially over the past three years. On average, IMO sponsors 40 trainees per year. In 2018, 21 trainees were sponsored from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo and Tunisia for the French speaking course; and 27 trainees from Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritius, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Sudan, Uganda and Viet Nam for the English speaking course.
Are you an executive of a Port and / or Maritime Authority of a member country of the International Maritime Organization? If you are interested in a 5-week advanced course on port operations and management, this information is for you.
Through a 33 year-partnership with the Institut Portuaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche (IPER) and the Grand Port Maritime du Havre (GPMH), a 5-week course on port operations and management aimed at high-level officials and decision-makers from maritime and/or port authorities and/or administrations of developing countries, takes place every year at IPER, Le Havre, France.
The next course will be held from 9 September to 11 October 2019. Detailed information on the thirty-third advanced course on port operations and management course can be found in the IMO Circular Letter no. 3929
The course, which is mainly sponsored by IMO, the French port Administration and the Port and Maritime Union of Le Havre, gathers 20 participants from Anglophone and Francophone countries (10 in each group), and provides them with knowledge to improve management and operational efficiency of their ports. The lectures are delivered in both English and French on a variety of port matters, including shipping and port economy, port organization, ship call operations and management, port security, port technology and information systems, port works and maintenance, port marketing and port environment. The course includes field trips enabling the participants to experience for themselves the day-to-day operations of a port with a view to applying this knowledge back in their respective countries.
