Training

Transport and Training

There is a major gap in well trained transport professionals which can be estimated at worldwide 250k people. A study conducted by TUMI shows “that there is a fundamental lack of understanding capacity in the transport sector, especially for sustainable (urban) mobility.”

We spend billions in concrete,
but only thousands in brains.

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Major deficits in training of transport professionals:

There is a high demand for well trained transport professionals in administration and private sector
In many countries no training is done at all for transport engineers or economists. E.g. in Guatemala transport people are trained as architects or civil engineers.
Additional training programmes in transport are mostly conducted within development projects, specific to the project contents and for project members only.
Often participation in training courses is provided for the executive level of administration, not for the planners that are actually conducting the work (WRI 2020 Study).
Even after successful studies, alumni often experience an inadequate career entry .
Brain Drain: Often alumis from developing countries remain in the developed world after having received high quality training there.
Participation in online training was good from Asia and Latin America, but meagre from SSAfrica, where problems are worst.

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