Building port resilience against pandemics: Launch of new UNCTAD TrainForTrade online course
This high-level event launched a new UNCTAD course, entitled “Building port resilience against pandemics. Panellists will discuss the importance of keeping supply chains open and seaborne trade moving in times of crisis.
Ships carry around 80% of global trade, including food, energy, raw materials and vital medical supplies.
COVID-19 highlighted the critical role that maritime transport plays in response to pandemics and the need for governments to allow commercial ships continued access to ports worldwide and to facilitate the rapid changeover of ships’ crews.
UNCTAD’s TrainForTrade programme has designed a self-paced, moderated online course to help port community managers strengthen the knowledge and skills needed to protect the people working in port activities while ensuring the continuity of operations.
The course, set to be delivered from 28 June to 30 July 2021, will also lead to the development of a set of recommendations to mitigate the impacts of the current and future pandemics in port communities around the world. The policy advice will feed into the deliberations of UNCTAD15, the organization’s ministerial conference scheduled for the week of 3 October.
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