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International Civil Aviation Organization
Establishing and Sustaining an RSOO: Enablers, Obstacles and lessons learnt
Meshesha BelaynehRegional Director, Eastern &
Southern African Office, ICAO27 October 2011
• ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan)
• Enabling States to establish an effective safety oversight system through Regional Organizations
• Experiences and lessons learnt 2009-2011• Way forward
Outline
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ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan) - Origin
ICAO and Contracting States have struggled to meet the challenges related to civil aviation safety oversight in the African Region
Acute economic and political issues influencing the capacities of States civil aviation administrations in the AFI Region pose a complex challenge that truly demanded a new approach
ICAO’s increased leadership in civil aviation safety in the AFI Region was required in order to ensure a sustained improvement in the level of flight safety in the AFI Region,
The creation of a comprehensive regional implementation plan, endorsed by all stakeholders would help to improve the situation
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ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan) - Objectives
• Strengthen civil aviation authorities in Africa with respect to their safety oversight capabilities.
• ensure impartial and unimpeachable investigation and reporting of serious accidents and incidents;
• enhance capacity of regional and sub-regional safety oversight systems;
• ensure expeditious implementation of aviation safety management systems for airports, air navigation service providers and airlines.
Focus Area 1
Enabling States to establish and maintain a sustainable safety oversight system (infra-structure and capacity building);
Focus Area 2
Assisting States to resolve identified deficiencies within a reasonable time; and
Focus Area 3
Enhancing aviation safety culture of African aviation service providers.
ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan) - Implementation
ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan) - Implementation
Focus area 1
• Global Aviation Safety Roadmap (GASR) Workshops;• State specific gap analysis;• Determination of priority projects;• Support the establishment of regional systems• Support in the implementation of framework
agreements;• Seminars, workshops and training courses on the
organization and management of safety oversight systems.
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Focus area 2• Seminars, workshops and training courses in safety
oversight-related subjects;• Standardization and harmonization of aviation training in
Africa;• Regional Office Safety Teams (ROST):
• composed of ICAO Regional Officers;• provide State-specific support to enhance ability to
resolve identified deficiencies and enhance safety oversight capabilities;
• coordinate, facilitate and conduct safety-related seminars, workshops and provide training as may be required.
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ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan) - Implementation
Focus area 3
• Coordination with industry and service providers participation in GASR workshops, and safety management system (SMS) training courses;
• High-level management personnel awareness and introductory seminars on State safety programme (SSP) and (SMS);
• Building human capabilities – training of SSP/SMS Instructors.
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ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan) - Implementation
Focus Area 1
Enabling States to establish and maintain a sustainable safety oversight system (infra-structure and capacity building);
ICAO’s Regional Comprehensive Plan for aviation safety in Africa (AFI Plan) - Implementation
Communicate intention/findings with concerned States and
regional groupings
Conduct specific gap analysis, using the Global Aviation Safety Plan methodology
Identify remedial action to enhance safety oversight
capabilities and implementation of safety
best practices
Inform all stakeholders and solicit support as required to implement the
project (ICAO Assembly Resolution A36/1)
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Enabling States to establish an effective safety oversight system through Regional Organizations
Specific State and Regional
Gap-Analysis
Determination of
Regional Priorities
Determination of
Support from ICAO
Council
Development of Support
ProjectsImplementat
ionand
Follow Up
Assess scope and level of air transport activities and oversight functions
Identify and agree on those activities that can be regionalized
Integration
Integrate the type of activities, legal and
financing arrangements
Framework for a regional safety oversight system
Ensure that the regionalization adds value to the national aviation system and
national organizations
Sustainability
Ensure that the regional safety oversight system
is designed to be sustainable and self-
sufficient
Enabling States to establish an effective safety oversight system through Regional Organizations – Implementation
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Enabling States to establish an effective safety oversight system through Regional Organizations – Where are we ?
• BAG• CEMAC• EAC• SADC• SEVEN PARTNER STATES• UEMOA
Gap Analysis• Identification of
Common Issues and Agreement on Regional Priorities
• States' commitment to cooperate to resolve safety deficiencies
Existing Regional Groupings• One
Point of Contact (Secretariat/Commission)
• Regional primary legal instruments
Experiences and lessons learnt 2009-2011
– Enablers
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Experiences and lessons learnt 2009-2011 – Obstacles
Conflicting Communications Protocols• ICAO works directly with the States as Contracting States while the Regional
Secretariat/Commission is designed to represent the States collectively
Legal instruments• Requirements for additional legal instruments to give effect to the establishment of
Regional Safety Oversight Organization
Different levels of approvals• Directors General, Ministers, Heads of States resulting in delay in the approval of the
required documents
Human Resources
• Delayed Recruitment of personnel
Funding• Agreement on the sources and modalities of funding• Release of funds
• Time constraints • Commitment and support
• Human Resources• Implementation Strategies
Minimum one year to finalize the necessary processes
Required at all levels of the States
Need for qualitative
and quantitative developmen
t
Need for different specific
strategies adapted to
the regional groupings
Experiences and lessons learnt 2009-2011 – Lessons Learnt
International Civil Aviation Organization
Establishing and Sustaining an RSOO: Enablers, Obstacles and lessons learnt
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