Technical Cooperation Committee (TCC): oversees the IMO’s capacity-building programme and the implementation of technical cooperation projects to support developing countries, ensuring that the IMO supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Committee plays a critical role in providing technical assistance for the effective implementation of IMO instruments at the national level through facilitating cooperation amongst relevant stakeholders not limited to national Administrations. Moreover, the Committee enhances its assistance via a variety of programmes including inter alia protection of marine environment, universal digitalisation, empowering women in the maritime industry and a capacity-building scholarship programme for national maritime personnel.
The ITF participates in several capacity-building programmes which uphold the empowerment of women, education and training of national maritime human element.