Port Of Cork Hosts United Nations Conference On Trade And Development (UNCTAD) Training And Capacity Building Programme For Developing Countries

Port of Cork is host to a United Nations capacity building programme on international trade TrainForTrade Port Training Programme focussing on ‘Modern Port Management’ which kicked off yesterday (Tuesday, 22nd May 2012) and which will run in the city for two weeks, until 1st June. 

The programme, which sees 28 delegates attending from countries across the globe including Ghana, Indonesia, Maldives, Namibia, South Africa, Pakistan and Tanzania, has been organised by UNCTAD in cooperation with Port of Cork (PoC), Dublin Port Company (DPC), Belfast Harbour Commissioners (BHC), and with the support of Irish Aid. 

The TrainForTrade programme was set-up to facilitate sustainable economic development in developing and transition countries through training and capacity development and is run by UNCTAD, whose mandate is to work for development-led globalisation, where the development paths are sustainable and inclusive. 

At the Port Training Programme, delegates will participate in workshops and will learn best practice examples from a wide selection of Port of Cork’s operational areas including strategic planning, financial management, economic and commercial management and administrative and legal management. Workshops will also be given by representatives from Dublin Port Company, Irish Aid, UCC and Dublin City University throughout the two week programme. 

Speaking about the conference, Port of Cork Harbour Master, Captain Pat Farnan commented “We are delighted to be hosting this exceptional conference with UNCTAD both to showcase our world class port facilities here in Cork and also to extend our knowledge of port operations to these delegates. Together with Dublin Port Company, Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Irish Aid, we recognise the importance of helping these countries to develop sustainable commercial port operations for themselves and I am certain this training programme will play a substantial part in achieving that goal. 

“All of the delegates attending this conference are involved in port management in their respective countries and it is our goal that they will take their learning’s back to their colleagues at home to train others to ensure that this valuable knowledge is passed on”, he continued. 

For further information about UNCTAD, see www.unctad.org. 


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