A study on international trade, transport

TRAINING: The first training module conducted by the Academy for International Trade and Transport-AITT and the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies-BCIS was launched recently at the BCIS.

The inaugural session was conducted by the chief of transport of the UNESCAP Geetha Karandawala who came to Sri Lanka to overlook the progress made by AITT as the institution was created with the fullest backing of the Bangkok based UNESCAP which celebrates 60 years in 2007.

The first step towards setting up the academy was initiated by the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freight Forwarders’ Association (SLFFA) Niral Kadawatharatchie in September 2006 when he attended the FIATA World Congress in Shanghai and following his discussions at this forum, a Training of Trainers programme (TOT) was conducted by UNESCAP in Colombo in January 2007.