The Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP) is the only permanent forum that brings together the National Port Authorities of the OAS’s 34 Member Countries and leaders of the maritime-port industry to promote the development of a secure, competitive, sustainable, and inclusive sector.
The CIP works under four mandates and six priority areas, constantly monitoring the gaps in a continuously changing maritime and port sector to bring concrete results to regional matters and challenges. CIP Mandates are:
1. Policy dialogue;
2. Capacity building;
3. Technical assistance; and
4. Cooperation with the private sector.
CIP’s six priority areas according to the Plan of Action of Roatan 2023-2026 (CIDI/CIP/doc. 5/23 rev.1), represented through Technical Advisory Groups (TAG), each chaired by a National Port Authority, are:
1. Logistics, Innovation, and Competitiveness: Mexican Secretariat of the Navy
2. Port Protection and Security: Barbados Port Inc.
3. Sustainable Port Management and Environmental Protection: National Port Authority of Peru
4. Public Policy, Legislation and Regulation: National Port Commission of Guatemala
5. Waterways, Inland and Cruise Ports: General Ports Administration of Argentina
6. Port-City Relation, Social Responsibility and Gender Equality: Panama Maritime Authority
In addition to the above, the CIP has four programs aligned to its mandates:
- Ministerial and High Authorities Port Policy Dialogue Process
- Port Scholarship and Training Program of the CIP Secretariat
- Technical Assistance to National Port Authorities
- Knowledge Transfer for Strengthening Technical Capabilities in the Port Sector of the Americas