Port-City Relation, Social Responsibility and Gender Equality TAG
Max Florez Arias
Chair of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Port-City Relation, Social Responsibility and Gender Equality
General Director of Ports and Auxiliary Maritime Industries - Panama Maritime Authority (AMP)
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), through the General Directorate of Ports and Auxiliary Maritime Industries (DGPIMA), makes efforts to create a modern and efficient national port system, ensuring proper coordination between the parties involved, to ensure the safety of navigation and port facilities, the preservation of the marine environment and the health and welfare of port workers, taking into account that the activities carried out in the enclosures can directly and indirectly affect the surrounding communities.
In this sense, we have developed initiatives aimed at promoting the development of a responsible and socially inclusive management in port facilities, always taking into account gender equality.
A large number of activities carried out, contribute significantly to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030, in compliance with the provisions of Strategic Axis 5 “Sustainable Growth”, Objective 6 “Fulfillment of SDGs connected to the maritime sector” of the Panama Maritime Authority's Five-Year Strategic Plan 2020-2024.
In this sense, we believe that the experiences we have been able to acquire will be of great use in chairing this TAG, and working hand in hand with the other Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS), we will make significant progress towards achieving a sustainable, responsible and inclusive port industry.
