IAPH Board members met online on 23 June. The main items on the agenda were related to the implementation of the benchmark report that was produced earlier this year, comparing IAPH’s organisational structure and financial performance with a peer group of international and regional associations of shipping companies and port authorities. Board members discussed the business mapping process prepared by the IAPH management team as part of the implementation plan and adopted a new organisation chart, which integrates staff deployed in Japan and Europe, under the co-leadership of the managing director and secretary-general. Members were further presented with the results of the recently held membership survey, which featured both an online questionnaire and a series of interviews. The recommendations emanating from the survey will be used to review IAPH’s value proposition and strategic priorities and provide input to the organisation’s work programme. Board members further discussed quarterly reports on the budget, membership, ESI and the work programme, alongside preparations for the World Ports Conference. The next Board meeting will be held in Abu Dhabi, on the afternoon of Monday 30 October, prior to the conference. A meeting of the IAPH Council is also scheduled for that afternoon.
