Web Sites

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AFRICAN FORUM FOR UTILITY REGULATION (AFUR)
http://www1.worldbank.org/afur/ (Potential source of shared benchmarking information, to assist in assessing the size and scope of labor adjustment).

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORITIES
http://www.aapa.org, the alliance of leading ports in the Western Hemisphere, protects and advances the common interests of its diverse members as they connect their communities with the global transportation system.

ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ADVISORY SERVICE, UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.acas.org.uk/ (This UK government site offers downloads and publications on handling redundancy and labor relations.)

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
http://www.adb.org/ (Publications and reports on resettlement and mitigation of social impacts of restructuring. The ADB also publishes utility data books for the water and electricity industries in Asia, which may be useful for comparing labor benchmarks.)

EUROPEAN DATABASE OF BUSINESS INCUBATORS
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/bi/ (Site provides access to information on incubators in 28 European countries, case studies, benchmarking information, and a database of nearly 950 business incubators.)

EUROPEAN SEA PORTS ORGANIZATION
http://www.espo.be/ The mission of the ESPO is to influence public policy in the EU to achieve a safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable European port sector, operating as a key element of a transport industry where free and undistorted market conditions prevail, as far as practicable.

FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE PORT OPERATORS (FEPORT)
http://www.feport.be/ (FEPORT) was founded on January 13 1993, uniting national and regional representative associations of private port operators in the EU.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORTS AND HARBORS
http://www.iaphworldports.org/   (IAPH)  is a worldwide association founded in 1955 and based in TOKYO. It is sometimes referred as the "United Ports of the World" in which players in the port community are represented to promote and advance the common interest of their community.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

• Main ILO web site: http://www.ilo.org/
• A collection of papers on privatization and restructuring can be downloaded at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/ent/papers/privat/pub.htm
• "Termination of Employment Digest." Available for purchase or download from the main ILO web site. For a summary of national laws on statutory termination, see the following area on the ILO Web site: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/publ/publ_emp.htm
• ILO International Training Centre: http://www.itcilo.it/ for courses on enterprise development, social dialogue, amongst others.
• ILO ILOLEX : http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/index.htm (Site provides access to ILO conventions.)
• ILO NATLEX : http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home (Site provides access to 55,000 national laws on labor.)
• International Labour Organisation's Small Enterprise Development site: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/empent.portal?p_prog=S.
• International Institute for Labour Studies. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/ (Conducts and publishes research on labor markets and labor policies.)

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
http://www.imo.org/  (IMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations dealing with maritime affairs. IMO is devoted to the improvement of maritime safety and the prevention of marine pollution. SOLAS (International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea) and MARPOL (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) are among the most known international conventions promoted by this organization.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS

Some international trade union organisations and affiliates are:

• ICFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions): http://www.icftu.org/
• World Confederation of Labor: http://www.cmt-wcl.org/
• International Transport Workers' Federation: http://www.itf.org.uk/
• PSIRU (Public Services International Research Unit): http://www.psiru.org/. (The site publishes research on the impact of privatization on workers and trade unions.) www.psiru.org
• Union Network International (telecommunications sector): http://www.union-network.org/
• International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions: http://www.icem.org/
• Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD: http://www.tuac.org/

NATIONAL BUSINESS INCUBATOR ASSOCIATION (NBIA)
http://www.nbia.org/ (This site provides information about this organization's publications on business incubation and annual conferences. NBIA includes materials and experiences from developing as well as industrial countries.)

OECD (ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT).
http://www.oecd.org (The OECD site provides information on engagement between government and citizens, and guidelines for multinational enterprises).

PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL ASOCIATION OF NAVIGATION CONGRESSES
http://www.pianc.org/ (PIANC) is a worldwide non-political and non-profit making technical and scientific organization of private individuals, corporations and national governments. The term 'Navigation' was adopted because PIANC's object is to promote the maintenance and operation of both inland and maritime navigation by fostering progress in the planning, design, construction, improvement, maintenance and operation of inland and maritime waterways and ports and of coastal areas for general use in industrialized and industrializing countries. Facilities for fisheries, sport and recreational navigation are included in PIANC's activities. PIANC was founded in 1885 and is the oldest international association concerned with these technical aspects of navigation.

PORT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
http://www.pmaesa.org/ (PMAESA) is a non-profit making, non-governmental and non-political organisation of port authorities in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. Membership of PMAESA ranges from to Sudan in the North to Namibia in South-West Africa, including the Indian Ocean islands and some land-locked countries. PMAESA was established in July 1973 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

PORT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA
http://http:/www.pmawca-agpaoc.org/ (PMAWCA) is an inter-governmental sub-regional economic grouping created in 1972 by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Officials from 9 (nine) member ports and the Executive Secretary of the ECA attended the historic meeting and appended their signatures on the first version of the Association's Constitution.

PPIAF (PUBLIC-PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY FACILITY)
http://www.ppiaf.org/ (Site provides access to other PPIAF Toolkits, as well as information about PPIAF and about how governments and other agencies can access PPIAF resources to accelerate infrastructure development.)

TRAINMAR
www.atas-trainmar.org (Information on the TRAINMAR networks in South and Central America and on the implementation of the PDP in Latin America).

UNITED NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN http://www.uneclac.org (ECLAC), which is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded for the purposes of contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinating actions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic relationships among the countries and with the other nations of the world.

THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD)
http://www.unctad.org/. Established in 1964, UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy.

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND PACIFICA
http://www.unescap.org/ (ESCAP) is the regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region and is located in the United Nations Building, RatchadamnoenNok Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand

UNITED STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

• Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/ (This site provides public access to a wide range of labor statistics and international comparisons.)
• Dislocated worker facility. http://www.doleta.gov/layoff/
• See also international programs in Romania (http://lrp.digi.ro/eng/ ).

WORLD BANK SITES

• Independent Evaluation Group: http://www.worldbank.org/ieg
• Railways Database: http://www.worldbank.org/transport/rail/rdb.htm (Provides comparative operating statistics for railways in a number of countries).
• Rapid Response Unit: http://rru.worldbank.org/ (This site is a gateway to a range of information on infrastructure, privatization, and private sector development policies.)
• World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/ (Use the site's search engine to locate publications, specialist sources of information, and the Bank's latest operational policies on involuntary resettlement)
• World Bank Social Protection and Labor site: http://www.worldbank.org/sp/ (This site provides access to the online version of the World Bank Core Labor Standards Toolkit and labor markets pages.)
• World Bank Social Funds site: http://www.worldbank.org/socialfunds/
• Webcast presentation on the voucher program in Kenya's small business development plan: http://www.worldbank.org
• World Bank Institute (WBI). http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/. (The WBI is the training arm of the World Bank and provides courses--among others--on labor markets, social safety nets and pension reform)

WORLD SHIPPING COUNCIL
http://www.worldshipping.org/ The World Shipping Council is an association representing the liner shipping industry. Our member lines operate more than 90 percent of the industry's vessel tonnage serving America's foreign commerce.

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Framework for Port Reform

The Evolution of Ports in a Competitive World

Alternative Port Management Structures and Ownership Models

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Financial Implications of Port Reform

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Labor Reform and Related Social Issues

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