1 Governments should provide, or arrange to provide,
in collaboration with IMO, assistance to States which have difficulty
in meeting the requirements of the Convention and which request such
assistance.
2 The importance of adequate training for masters
and other personnel serving on board oil, chemical and liquefied gas
tankers and ro-ro passenger ships is stressed, and it is recognized
that in some cases there may be limited facilities for obtaining the
required experience and providing specialized training programmes,
particularly in developing countries.
Examination database
3 Parties with maritime training academies or
examination centres serving several countries and wishing to establish a database
of examination questions and answers are encouraged to do so, on the basis of
bilateral co-operation with a country or countries which already have such a
database.
Availability of maritime
training simulators
4 The IMO Secretariat maintains a list of maritime
training simulators, as a source of information for Parties and others on the
availability of different types of simulators for training seafarers, in
particular where such training facilities may not be available to them
nationally.
5 Parties are urgedfootnote to provide information on their national maritime training
simulators to the IMO Secretariat and to update the information whenever any
change or addition is made to their maritime training simulator facilities.
Information on technical
co-operation
6 Information on technical advisory services, access
to international training institutions affiliated with IMO, and information on
fellowships and other technical co-operation which may be provided by or through
IMO may be obtained by contacting the Secretary-General at 4 Albert Embankment,
London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom.
(No guidance is provided regarding articles XII to
XVII.)