TrainForTrade defense of dissertations of the Modern Port Management Course in Dominican Republic

The Spanish-speaking Network of UNCTAD’s Port Management Programme/TrainForTrade is organizing the Defense of the Monographs of the Modern Port Management course, in collaboration with Haina International Terminals, Santo Domingo Port/Sansouci and the Port Authorities of Gijon, Las Palmas and Valencia.

The defense of the case studies of the sixth promotion, compromising 26 port administrators (including 10 women), will take place the 8^th and 9^th of October. The monographs are case studies in which the participants propose improvements to real port situations by applying the knowledge acquired during the course.The international jurors panel will be integrated by global experts from Argentina, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Spain and Uruguay.

In this way, UNCTAD’s TrainForTrade Port Management Programme supports port communities in their quest for efficient and competitive port management. In order to increase trade flows and foster economic development, the programme creates port networks bringing together public, private and international entities.