UNCTAD/TrainForTrade Port Management Programme - Delivery of Module 3, Cycle 4 in Ghana

​TrainForTrade, in cooperation with Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority (GPHA) local organising committee, will deliver Module 3 of the Modern Port Management Course from 21 to 25 November 2016 in Tema. 27 middle managers (including five females) from the port communities of Ghana who are enrolled in the UNCTAD TrainForTrade Port Management Programme will participate in the course.

The third of the eight training modules examines the external functions of a port system in the areas of safety, cargo and handling. It reviews commercial port operations and the different services offered to the main port users.

Ghana is currently undergoing the fourth cycle of the Port Management Programme. Each training cycle lasts 16 to 24 months and comprises 240 hours of in-class training and a final thesis. The deliveries are both led by UNCTAD and international instructors (Irish port experts), as well as local senior managers who have completed the training- of-trainers workshop. This strategy  highlights the uniqueness and strength of the TrainForTrade Port Management Programme in fostering local ownership to reinforce its impact and ensure sustainability. Local ownership of the programme is achieved through a financing scheme that requires the participating ports to provide the majority of the programme's funds, and by gradually shifting responsibility for implementing the programme from UNCTAD to the participating ports.