maritime skills development in africa
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Presented by
Ms. Theresa V. Williams
CEO: SOS Maritime Training & Development Specialists
Maritime skills development in Africa
IPSEA – EU Funded Initiative
• IPSEA - Improvement of Port Safety, Security and Port Efficiency
• Western and Central African region
• Support government, maritime administrations, port authorities and private port operators
• Joint Africa-EU Partnership
• Partnership works towards improving in particular:
o port safety & security – IMO convention adoption & implementation
o protection of the marine environment
o Port efficiency, by simplifying/improving the regulatory framework to reducing administrative delays and traffic bottlenecks.
IPSEA Programme execution
• Initial Assessmento EU assessment team visited 33 ports.
• Pre-training assessmento Through direct policy advice to maritime
administrations, port authorities, urban planners and port private sector
• Capacity buildingo 8 weeks allocated to each countryo Safety, security and port efficiency training
provided
Why were these ports selected?
• Location
• International convention adoption & implementation
• Long term vision/strategy implementation
• Neighbourly support
• Government buy-in and political will
• Private public partnerships
• Infrastructure
Areas of Improvement
Areas for improvement identified• Casualties from port related activities
• Human resources:o Selection and recruitment o Nepotism, development and promotion
• Maritime legislation/convention implementation
• Maritime environmental protectiono IMDG (stowage,) MARPOL
• Port development/design/upgrade/planning
• Intermodal connectivity; infrastructure
• Administrative bottlenecks
• Stakeholder relationships
• Change/Transformation
• Efficiency of customs and border clearance;
• Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments
• High cost to import/export
• Questionable business practices
Areas for improvement identified cont…
Capacity building focus areas
Port Efficiency drivers
• Human Resource capacity
• The ability of a port to be competitive at regional and international level.
• The ability to adapt to meet the ever-changing and developing needs of the industry
• The duration/turn-around time of the ship in port
• The quality of cargo-handling;
• The quality of service linked to inter-modality associated with transhipment
Training Modules
• Port Strategy• Port Vision focus• SWOT
• Maritime Conventions• Ports and their functions• Port framework• Port Efficiency• Port Master Planning• Port Models• Port Management• Port Planning• Dry Ports
• Hub Ports• Change/ Transformation
Management• Case studies e.g. The
Greek Economy• Maritime Environmental
factors• Port Community Systems• Information Community
Technologies (ICT) & Automatic systems
• Emergency response plans• Competitiveness
Conclusion - Africa Our Africa• Becoming Proudly African
• Be proactive…not reactive
• Partner with all stakeholders
• Respect rules, policies, processes
• Care about our ports, people, our countries & our continent
• Don’t be a stumbling block. Don’t resist. Don’t be Greece!
• Be the change we want to see…Be open to change…Be positive about change…Implement changes
IPSEA Training Pictures
