The ever-changing competitive landscape in which companies must operate in this new century has highlighted that their best tool for adapting to this change is their human capital. People are what make the difference. For this reason, human resource development strategies must be a substantial part of a company's overall strategy.
In this context, ongoing, specialized training must provide stakeholders with the necessary shift in attitudes and skills that, together with specific knowledge, will enable them to face the new challenges their companies will encounter. The search for new markets, service quality, budgetary and financial control, competitive analysis, and so on, are no longer concepts handled by a select few but have become essential for modern management.
Aware of these needs, the Port Authority of Valencia, through its Institute of Port Studies and Cooperation, created in 1992 a pioneering training program within the Spanish maritime port sector. This led to the creation of the Master's Degree in Port Management and Intermodal Transport (MGPTI), organized jointly with the Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid (UPCO), which has been taught since then in the Clock Building of the Port of Valencia.
The program's objective was, and remains under the management of the IPEC Foundation, to improve the competitiveness of the port community by providing the sector with specialized, high-quality training that enables its member companies to have the best possible workforce. One example of this is the opportunity offered to students to also obtain the European Foundation for Quality Management's Business Excellence certification.
In recent years, and through its ten graduating classes, the MGPTI (Master's in Port Management and Logistics) has become the leading training program in the sector, not only within the Valencian and national port communities, but also in Spanish-speaking countries across the Atlantic. The key to its success lies, arguably, in the three pillars upon which the quality demanded by its clients is based. First, an ambitious program that covers a wide range of subjects grouped into five main areas: Business Management, Foreign Trade, Maritime Transport, Land Transport, and Port Management. Through these subjects, students gain a comprehensive understanding of what managing a modern transport company entails, as well as a deeper appreciation of the importance of transport and logistics in general within the supply and distribution chain. Secondly, a faculty selected from the best professionals in the field, both nationally and internationally, who enrich the subjects taught with their own experience, ensuring the transmission of key knowledge. Finally, and equally important, is the working environment at the IPEC Foundation. The facilities in the Clock Building, continuously renovated since their inception, provide students with state-of-the-art audiovisual and computer equipment, as well as access to a documentation center that is unique in Spain. Similarly, the personalized attention given to students, thanks to the limited number of participants per cohort—never exceeding thirty after a rigorous selection process—is reinforced by the personal connections forged during the nine months of the more than five hundred hours of instruction. These connections, fostered through the exchange of experiences, become another of the program's attractive features.
Four advanced University Specialist courses, also endorsed by UPCO, and dedicated to Maritime Transport, Land Transport, Intermodal Transport and Port Management, complete the program, offering a more specific option to those who do not have the possibility of attending all the sessions required by the Master.
Since 1998, every year from October to June, the IPEC Foundation has been responsible for managing the Master's program, making it the flagship of its specialized training program aimed at the maritime port sector.
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