MEDIA RELEASE | 12 December 2011 | ||
| PNGPCL represents PNG at International Labour Organisation (ILO) meeting PNG Ports Corporation Limited (PNGPCL) has represented Papua New Guinea at a tripartite meeting of experts for the reviews and adoption of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) guidelines on training in the Port Sector this year. The meeting was held in Geneva from the 21st to 25th November 2011 in accordance with a Governing Body decision taken at its 304th Session held in March 2009. PNGPCL’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer–Policy and Planning, Mr. Kamit Nanadai and the Human Resources Manager, Mr. Mulai Ninihili-Vui attended the meeting as observers from Papua New Guinea. However, PNG’s observer status was reviewed and elevated to an expert status representing the Government of PNG in the absence of the experts from the Governments of Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Chile and Germany. The revised panel of experts were then from the Governments of Argentina, Finland, Senegal, PNG and Jordan. The meeting was attended by 23 experts from Governments, seven (7) experts from the Employers’ group of the Governing Body, and nine (9) experts from the Workers’ group of the Governing Body. There were four (4) observers from intergovernmental organisations and international non-governmental organisations. Mr. Nanadai said the purpose of the meeting was to “review and adopt ILO guidelines on training in the port sector.” He said the meeting had before it draft ILO Guidelines on training in the port sector prepared by the ILO Office with the support of an informal tripartite working group comprised of experts from port operators, port-workers unions, governments, relevant intergovernmental and international non–governmental organisations, port training centres, other specialised institutions and individual specialists. “The Guidelines would provide a competency based framework for port worker training methods,” Mr. Nanadai said. PNGPCL and various partners now have the opportunity to drive the ILO PDP (port-worker development program) through the dissemination and promotion of the ILO Guidelines, technical assistance, training, and funding and resources in various ports. Mr. Ninihili-Vui said as a way forward, a recommendation has been put forward to PNGPCL management to audit and improve its training infrastructure, training facilities and resources to accommodate for changes impacting on employee learning and development. He said PNGPCL will tailor its training courses to National Training Council (NTC) and Competency Based Standards and all PNG Ports trainers to be trained and equipped to deliver required training materials. There are plans to adopt and tailor the ILO Port worker Development Programme (ILO PDP) to PNGPCL environment and deliver consistently across all ports, to ensure ILO Port worker Development Programme is rolled out to all social partners that use the port facilities and ports and make sure the ILO PDP becomes the prerequisite to any future port entry.For more information, please contact: | |||
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