WMU Governors look to the future
The World Maritime University (WMU) Board of Governors, meeting for its 29th regular session, has welcomed the improvement in the University’s budgetary position since the last session and approved three plans drawn up by the University to guide its future development, IMO said.
The Board met in Malmö City Hall, on 2 June 2011, under the chairmanship of the University’s Chancellor, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General, Mr. Efthimios Mitropoulos. This was the second meeting of the Board since the governance arrangements at the University were updated, through the revision of its Charter, which came into effect on 1 January 2010. The recently-appointed Chairman of the Executive Board, Mr. Torben Skaanild, also attended the meeting.
Chancellor Mitropoulos welcomed the very positive developments since the last session of the Board and, in thanking Board members for their contribution to the University, urged them to do everything possible to promote the benefits of the education and research provided by the University and the added value it provides to the international maritime community through its 3,000 plus alumni from all over the world.
The University is a global centre for advanced education, training and research for specialist personnel from the international maritime community. Many graduates from 157 countries and territories hold senior positions in maritime education, as heads of institutions or as professors. Others hold key posts in national ministries, maritime administrations, ports and shipping companies.
Among financial donors and supporters are the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency and the City of Malmö, the Nippon Foundation and the Ocean Policy Research Foundation of Japan; the International Transport Workers’ Federation; the Governments of Canada, Denmark, France, Norway, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom; Inmarsat Global Limited; and several European Union and IMO technical co-operation projects.
The University has an international Board of Governors, composed of representatives of different governmental, industry, labour and educational bodies.
The International Maritime Organization is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships.
The Board met in Malmö City Hall, on 2 June 2011, under the chairmanship of the University’s Chancellor, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General, Mr. Efthimios Mitropoulos. This was the second meeting of the Board since the governance arrangements at the University were updated, through the revision of its Charter, which came into effect on 1 January 2010. The recently-appointed Chairman of the Executive Board, Mr. Torben Skaanild, also attended the meeting.
Chancellor Mitropoulos welcomed the very positive developments since the last session of the Board and, in thanking Board members for their contribution to the University, urged them to do everything possible to promote the benefits of the education and research provided by the University and the added value it provides to the international maritime community through its 3,000 plus alumni from all over the world.
The University is a global centre for advanced education, training and research for specialist personnel from the international maritime community. Many graduates from 157 countries and territories hold senior positions in maritime education, as heads of institutions or as professors. Others hold key posts in national ministries, maritime administrations, ports and shipping companies.
Among financial donors and supporters are the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency and the City of Malmö, the Nippon Foundation and the Ocean Policy Research Foundation of Japan; the International Transport Workers’ Federation; the Governments of Canada, Denmark, France, Norway, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom; Inmarsat Global Limited; and several European Union and IMO technical co-operation projects.
The University has an international Board of Governors, composed of representatives of different governmental, industry, labour and educational bodies.
The International Maritime Organization is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships.
