YouTube Video Competition

In order to raise awareness about aviation carriers among young people, ICAO has launched a video competition on YouTube. The competition is open to people who are 18 years and above and videos submitted will need to be 30 seconds long, recorded in English or subtitled in English and begin with the statement "I think a career in aviation is exciting because…".  More information on the video competition may be found at www.icao.int/contest2012.

The Asia/Pacific civil/military cooperation seminar and workshop is scheduled to be held at the ICAO APAC Office in Bangkok from 28 February to 1 March 2012. This seminar/workshop is being convened by ICAO in partnership with CANSO, Eurocontrol, IATA, FAA, Department of Defence of US, NATO and UVS to realize the objective of 37th Assembly Resolution  A 37-15 (Appendix O- coordination and cooperation of civil/military Air Traffic).  

The seminar sessions will consist of presentations on civil/military cooperation, explanation of guidance material and panel discussions. The workshop sessions will consist of interactive, theoretical and practical activities for the implementation of civil/military cooperation, practical exercises tailored to regional settings, optimization of the use of airspace with simulated scenarios, initiatives to improve civil/military cooperation, coordination and interoperability. The Seminar & workshop is open to civil/military authorities, ANSPs, ATM civil/military airspace managers, airline operators and General Aviation users.

First Meeting of the Asia Pacific Regional Aviation Safety Team (APRAST/1) will be held from 20 to 24 February 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. APRAST is a sub-group of the Regional Aviation Safety Group Asia Pacific (RASG-APAC). The contributory bodies of the APRAST include the APRAST Accident Investigation ad hoc Working Group (APRAST-AIG AWG) and the APRAST Safety Reporting and Programme ad hoc Working Group (APRAST-SRP AWG). 

The APRAST/1 meeting is open to all States/Administrations in the Asia and Pacific regions and Industry Partners of the RASG-APAC. Membership of the APRAST includes the regulatory authority (flight operations, airworthiness, aerodromes and air traffic management representatives), air operators, service providers, manufacturers and industry organizations. The meeting will encourage sharing of safety information and experiences among all stakeholders. The objective of the APRAST is to recommend safety  interventions to the RASG-APAC which will reduce aviation risks.

ATS Message Handling System (AMHS)/System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Workshop and the Seventh Meeting of Aeronautical Telecommunication Network Implementation Co-ordination Group (ATNICG/7) are being held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 5 to 9 March, 2012.  Both the Workshop and the Meeting are being hosted by Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI).  Workshop will provide an opportunity to the participants for exchanging information and sharing experience on implementation and will provide a platform to them for seeking clarifications from the industry and from the experts from the States on ATN/AMHS implementation related issues.  Workshop will also introduce to the participants concept of System Wide Information Management or SWIM, the future communication system included in US NextGen, European SESAR, Japanese CARATs etc.  Seventh meeting of ATNICG will review the status of ATN/AMHS implementation in the region and will develop consensus on related issues.  Meeting will also review the progress made on the tasks assigned to the Group by APANPIRG and will discuss future plans for enhancing the performance of the systems.

The purpose of the Symposium will be to bring together all parties that have a stake in the establishment and management of RSOOs (including the COSCAPs), in order to, as mandated by the Assembly Resolution A37-8, promote the concept of regional cooperation for the purpose of enhancing safety oversight in the regions. The proposed themes cover such areas as the ICAO’s existing Policy and Framework for Regional Cooperation and the challenges facing RSOOs over the current ICAO triennium. The latter includes topics such as the RSOO’s role in respect to new ICAO strategies and programmes, to include the Continuing Monitoring Approach, the development and implementation of State Safety Programmes and the role to be played by RSOOs in the ICAO Regional Aviation Safety Groups. A related topic will be the need for ICAO and the RSOOs to collaborate on the development and implementation of work programmes, in order to ensure alignment with the ICAO strategic objectives. In addition, matters relating to the sharing of safety information and data and the creation of common databases will also be topics for discussion. The need for RSOOs to develop sound business plans and funding mechanisms that will sustain them in the long term and the role to be played by the donor community and financial institutions, will also be topics for discussion. [more …]

The 11th Meeting of the FANS Implementation Team for South-East Asia (FIT-SEA/11) and the 18th Meeting of South-East Asia ATM Coordination Group (SEACG/18) were held at the Regional Office on 3 May and 4-6 May 2011, respectively. Central Reporting Agency – Singapore (CRA-Singapore) was established in April 2011 under the FIT-SEA. The Philippines will move on to the Phase 2 trial by the end of this year [more …]