Port Restructuring

Prior to the preparation of the Port Reform Toolkit by the World Bank, UNCTAD had issued guidelines on the privatisation of port facilities in September 1998 (document Ref UNCTAD/SDTE/TIB/1) Guidelines for Port Authorities and Governments on the privatisation of port facilities

The Port Reform Toolkit(2nd Edition) is aimed to provide policymakers and practitioners with effective decision support in undertaking sustainable and well-considered reforms of public institutions that provide, direct, and regulate port services in developing countries.
With the support of the PPIAF (Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility) and the World Bank, PMAESA organised in January 2002 a regional workshop in Mauritius on the dissemination of the Port Reform Toolkit. The presentations made on the various modules of the Toolkit are also available below:

Title	External Links	Powerpoint	PDF (external)
Module 1: Framework for port reform	Link
Module 2: The Evolution of Ports in a Competitive World	Link
Module 3: Alternative Port Management Structures and Ownership Models	Link
Module 4: Legal Tools for Port Reform	Link
Module 5: Financial Implications of Port Reform	Link
Module 6: Port Regulation: Overseeing the Economic Public Interest in Ports	Link
Module 7: Labor Reform and Related Social Issues	Link
Module 8: Implementing Port Reform	Link

PMAESA organised a survey on the restructuring of ports in Eastern and Southern Africa, aiming at identifying which type of entity was responsible for the various port functions, in order to determine the scope of private sector participation in the ports of the region. The responses from the ports have been summarised in the following document: Port restructuring in Eastern and Southern Africa Questionnaire on Private sector participation in PMAESA ports