IMO has completed an advisory and needs assessment mission (7-11 February) to assist the Sudan in building the capacities of its maritime sector. The mission identified the priorities and the steps forward for the development of the maritime sector in the Sudan. A road map of the follow-up actions to be taken, including the development of the human resource capacity and the long and short term training needs, is now being drawn up.
During the mission, IMO’s Amr Hussein and World Maritime University Associate Professor Aref Fakhry held various high level meetings in Khartoum and Port Sudan. A one day Maritime Awareness Seminar for the maritime sector’s stakeholders in the Sudan was also organised.