Tanzania Ports Authority set to deliver module 4 of UNCTAD’s TrainForTrade Port Training Programme and prepare for “Future Challenges to Ports” - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
TrainForTrade and Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) will begin 2012 by training 25 middle managers on the “Future Challenges to Ports” – Module 4 of UNCTAD’s TrainForTrade Port Training Programme. The module will focus on strategies to: create new competitive advantages for the port, reinforce port safety, improve the health of staff members, put into place environmental protection policies and effectively implement quality management. Mr. Ciarán Callan, Dublin Port Company’s Maintenance & Services Manager, will travel to Dar es Salaam to deliver the module in collaboration with local instructors from Tanzania Ports Authority. The training will take place from 23 to 27 January 2012.
Contact: Mark Assaf, Janjarang Kijtikhun and Timothy Sullivan

UNCTAD/TrainForTrade celebrates the success of its project in Angola (14 December 2011)
UNCTAD/TrainForTrade will celebrate the success of its project in Angola along with the private and public institutions that have collaborated since its inception in 2007. The project sought to strengthen Angola’s mastery of and participation in the globalised economy, thereby contributing to its economic growth and sustainable development. To that end, for the past 4 years UNCTAD/TrainForTrade has assisted the Angolan government in building a nationally owned training and capacity building framework in the field of international trade and investment. UNCTAD/TrainForTrade has provided training, policy recommendations and institutional support in the following areas (the project components): Trade Policies, Environment and Energy, Investment, Competition and Consumer Protection, Sustainable Tourism and Port Management. As part of the closing ceremonies, UNCTAD/TrainForTrade will hold its final official meeting with the National Steering Committee (composed of national counterparts from the public and private sector) in order to finalize the organization of subcommittees for each of the 6 project components. The subcommittees will be responsible for building on the framework put in place by the project and developing future training activities, thus ensuring sustainability and continued impact.
Contact: Mark Assaf and Timothy Sullivan

Third seminar of the UNCTAD Port Training Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Tanzania Port Authority (TPA), in collaboration with UNCTAD, will train 25 of its middle managers on Module 3 of UNCTAD’s TrainForTrade* Port Training Programme, “the Functioning of a Port System”, from 12 to 16 December 2011 in Dar es Salaam. The module will be delivered by senior port specialists from the local port community, many of whom were successfully trained by UNCTAD/TrainForTrade Port Training Programme in the previous cycle (2009-2011). Participants will gain knowledge in the following subjects: services rendered to ships, general cargo and container handling and value added activities of the port.
Contact: Mark Assaf, Janjarang Kijtikhun and Timothy Sullivan

Module 3 of UNCTAD Port Training Programme in Takoradi, Ghana
29 members of the port community will participate in Module 3, “the Functioning of a Port System”, of the UNCTAD/TrainForTrade Modern Port Management course from 5-9 December 2011 in Takoradi. The module will be delivered by Capt. Fergus Britton, Deputy Harbour Master of Dublin Port Company, along with senior port specialists from the local port community. Participants will gain knowledge in the subjects which include: services rendered to ships, general cargo and container handling, and value added activities of the port.
Contact: Mark Assaf, Janjarang Kijtikhun and Timothy Sullivan

Curso en formación a distancia sobre los aspectos legales del comercio electrónico para paises miembros del SELA

Del 31 de octubre al 27 de noviembre, el Programa TRAINFORTRADE de la UNCTAD, en colaboración con la Subdivisión de Ciencia, Tecnología y TIC de la Secretaría del SELA, con el apoyo del Gobierno de España, brindará un curso en formación a distancia sobre Aspectos Legales del Comercio Electrónico, a 192 participantes de 17 Estados Miembros del SELA. El curso contribuirá a mejorar las capacidades de los oficiales del gobierno y los principales actores que trabajan en el desarrollo del marco legal en materia de TIC y comercio electrónico, a fin de orientar la formulación de políticas en esta área en sus respectivos países y la región. Al final del curso los participantes serán capaces de compartir experiencias nacionales y regionales como así también, definir las áreas prioritarias de acción centrado en el fin de adaptar sus marcos regulatorios.
Contacto: Gonzalo Ayala y Maria Luz Jaureguiberry