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Port and harbor facilities have been upgraded to cope with the rapid economic development and increased maritime trade. Aiming to improve the capacity of engineers and other professionals working on the maintenance and management of port and harbor facilities, JICA has conducted a capacity development program for engineers and other personnel involved in the maintenance and management of port and harbor facilities in order to support them understand specific maintenance methods and improve their ability to formulate accurate maintenance plans.

The program was conducted online for about five weeks from August to September. (13 participants from 10 countries: Angola, Cambodia, Djibouti, Egypt, Mozambique, the Philippines, Panama, Sudan, Togo and Tunisia)

Country Report Presentation

The participants were divided into four groups based on the themes the participants were interested in, such as maintenance dredging, cargo handling machinery, port structural facilities and others.

The participants had a series of lively and productive discussion with the lead and inputs by the lecturers from the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, the Port and Airport Research Institute, experts in cargo handling machinery, ancillary facilities, and repairing port structures.

Despite the time difference between the countries, the participants from Panama actively took part in the session although it being late at night.

The participants actively joined in the program with their own unique issues and through getting advice from the experts and learning from the lectures, found approaches to solving the problems.

The participant from Djibouti actively sought opinions from experts and gathered information on the electrical corrosion protection of the oil receiving jetty, a steel structure currently under construction, and considered the introduction of Japanese technology.

Closing Ceremony

In order to facilitate maritime transportation in the target countries and the region, there is a growing need for know-how on port maintenance management and inspection methods. We aim to continue improving our program to support the development in their countries.

(Collaboration in editing)The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan

Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda) is a set of international development goals from 2016 to 2030, which was adopted by the UN Sustainable Development Summit held in September 2015. The 2030 Agenda listed "Sustainable Development Goals" consisting of 17 goals and 169 targets in order to eradicate poverty and realize a sustainable world.

This program is expected to contribute in achieving the 9th goal of 17 SDG; "Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation".