• The Port Authority of València has hosted at its headquarters from July 1 until  the workshop ‘Training of trainers. Course on modern port management’

• Representatives of the International Maritime Organization , the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development , Puertos del Estado, the Port Authority of Las Palmas and Valenciaport have closed the course

• For almost two weeks, four modules of a course designed for Spanish-speaking students have been taught within the framework of UNCTAD’s ‘Train for Trade’ program

The last of the 18 ‘Training of Trainers’ workshops given by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 2008, the year of the creation of the Spanish-speaking Network for the port training program, closed today at Valenciaport. In these 16 years, more than 260 instructors have participated, 72 of them women, with the aim of being trained in the key management skills of port management.

Twenty-one students of seven Latin American nationalities participated in this latest edition hosted by Valenciaport, who received more than seventy hours of training during twelve days. The course hosted by the Port of València is part of the ‘Train For Trade’ program, organized by UNCTAD. Under the name ‘Training of Trainers Workshop. Course on modern port management’, its content -developed by experts from Valenciaport and the port community of València- has focused on teaching the key directives of port management divided into four modules.

Mar Chao, president of the Port Authority of València; Mauricio Cruz Reyes, representative of Mexico to the IMO (International Maritime Organization); Francisco Trujillo, general director of the Port Authority of Las Palmas; Jesus Requena, deputy director of Human Resources and General Services at Puertos del Estado; Clara La Calle, general secretary of Puertos del Estado; and Mark Assaf, head of the Human Resources Development section / TrainForTrade of the UNTACD have closed the workshop today.

Chao stressed during his closing speech the relevance of port training because “training is essential to better read the challenges that customers demand from us because outside the fence – as I always say – things go very fast. You must know everything that is ‘coming’ to get the course right and reduce management times and that can only be achieved with training. And sharing that training with all the ports will result in a better future for everyone”.