Final dissertations and evaluations of the case studies of the 5th promotion of the Modern Port Management course for the Dominican Republic

UNCTAD's TrainForTrade programme, Haina International Terminals and the Port of Santo Domingo Sansouci, organized the presentation of the final dissertations and evaluations of the case studies of the 5th promotion of the Modern Port Management Course of the TrainForTrade Port Management Programme organized for the port community of the Dominican Republic.  

The evaluation panels were composed of international experts from Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean, UNCTAD and national experts trained and certified by UNCTAD.   

The case studies were elaborated in the framework of the Modern Port Management course, in order to present concrete proposals to respond to identified problems – technical, organizational, security, management, etc. – in the respective areas of work of the group of participants.   

The topics of the chosen case studies are recognized by the institutions of each participant as being of interest for possible implementation. In this way, the study has a real added value for the organizations.    

17 persons (5 women) were awarded the UNCTAD Port certificate for having successfully passed the course and successfully submitted the case study.    

The featured case studies will be presented in Volume 13 of the UNCTAD Port Management Series. 

UNCTAD will also finance the participation in a study tour to a partner port in Spain for 3 participants in order to deepen the training undertaken in the course. 

The Port Management Programme includes among other activities:   

• Training of trainers courses 

• Modern Port Management training cycle (240 hours of on-site training for middle management, innovative materials, port visits) 

• Elaboration and defence of an end-of-course project before an international jury of experts 

• Study trip to partner ports of the Programme 

• Cooperation between beneficiary ports, experts and UNCTAD partner organizations 

• Participation in the port balanced scorecard 

• Assistance and advice to port communities through UNCTAD experts and partner ports 

• Advocacy meetings and exchange of experiences of representatives of port communities 

• Publication of Port Management with the publication of a selection of course final papers 

• Networking to promote and strengthen the port communities of the Programme