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COSCAP-NA Programme Progress Report
Discussion Paper
1Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to outline the progress made to achieve programme objectives as stated in the COSCAP-NA Programme Document and other additional objectives approved at the 1stthrough 7thSteering Committee Meetings.
2Background
2.11st Steering Committee
At the 1stSteering Committee Meeting conducted in Beijing, Chinaon the 8thand 9thof April 2003, the priorities for the programme were established and at subsequent meetings priorities were reviewed and amended as required.
The assignment of priorities was based on the following criteria:
i.High - Work to achieve the objectives will be continuous.
ii.Medium - Work to achieve the objectives will be carried out as time permits.
iii.Low - Little or no work will be carried out to achieve the objectives.
After review of this report decisions may be made whether priorities require further amendment.
Notes
- CTAcomments on the objectives/outputs are in bold italics.
- Summary of Course and Seminar Participation to date is provided in Appendix A.
- Detailed Course participation information is provided in Appendix B
- Detailed Mission information is provided in Appendix C
3Discussionof IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVES and OUTPUTS
3.1Immediate Objective 1
Ensuring that safety oversight capabilities of Member Administrations meet international requirements and that all deficiencies identified by the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight (USOAP) Audit Reports have been fully corrected.
Output 1.1
Action Plans, where needed, for correcting outstanding deficiencies, are prepared and implemented as appropriate.
Steering Committee Priority High
Corrective Action Plans to respond to USOAP audits related to Annex 1, 6 and 8, including follow up audits, have to a large extent been fully implemented by Member States. For some States, CTA/AWEhave assisted in providing guidance with some of the outstanding items during regular missions to States.
An Aerodrome Certification and Safety Training Expert (ACSTE) and Air Traffic Service Consultant were engaged for short periods of time to assist States preparations for the ICAO USOAP audits related to Annex 11 and 14. In addition, COSCAP-NA ATM Experts have been engaged to assist States with the implementation of their ATM Safety Management Programme.
A USOAP Seminar was provided in BeijingChina during the period of 12-15 December 2007 by the ICAO USOAP Office. The programme was attended by over 140 participants from 13 States/Administrations. The USOAP audit was conducted on China during March/April 2007.
ROK and DPRK are scheduled to have their USOAP audit conducted in May 2008 and considerable support has been provided to them to assist their efforts.
The main activity at this time of CTA is working with Member States to assist the review on implementation of SARPs in preparation of USOAP audits under the comprehensive systems approach. Recently an ATM and Aerodrome Expert were engaged by ROK to assist with their USOAP preparations. The Aerodrome Expert was also engaged for a one week mission to DPRK through the use of IFFAS funds.
For DPRK four missions were provided by COSCAP-NA expert. In addition, CAAC has kindly supported DPRK preparations through the provision of Accident Investigation and Aerodrome safety experts to DPRK, and the hosting in Beijing of DPRK ATM specialists.
Mongolia has been scheduled for the USOAP audit in 2010 and has established a Project Team to complete their preparations for the audit. COSCAP-NA staff have conducted numerous missions to Mongolia to support the strengthening of their safety oversight system.
3.2Immediate Objective 2
Establishing a dedicated forum for coordination and cooperation among the Civil Aviation Administrations of Member States, with the aim of harmonization of regulations, policies and procedures related to safety oversight, improving safety standards, and applying accident prevention measures.
Output 2.1
The Steering Committee of the COSCAP-NA project, formally established by the project, will have become the forum for flight safety in North Asian countries.
Steering Committee Priority LOW except for Foreign Air Operator Regulation - HIGH
Major initiatives towards harmonization of regulations wereassigned a LOW priority at the 1st SC Meeting. However, to assist the development of a harmonization mechanism within COSCAP-NA, harmonization of Foreign Air Operator Regulation (technical draft) was undertaken by COSCAP-NA as a trial and assigned a HIGH Priority. At the 2ndCOSCAP-NASC Meeting approval in principle was provided to the Foreign Air Operator Regulation and Manual of Foreign Air Operator Regulation and Surveillance. These documents were forwarded to Member States on 24 December 2003. COSCAP-NA developed a training programme for the surveillance of foreign air operators which has been provided to some Member States during regular missions.
As a result of the DGCA Conference in March 2006, ICAO established a Working Group to examine Foreign Air Operator Regulation and certification in an effort to harmonize requirements on a global basis. COSCAP-NA provided a Foreign Air Operator Inspector On-Job-Training programme to CAAC staff in June, September and December of 2007, and March 2008, utilizing draft material prepared by the ICAO Working Group.
ICAO is developing additional guidance material and once the material is completed then the programme can be revised further and provided to all Member States.
Output 2.2
A North Asia Regional Aviation Safety Team (NARAST), as proposed by the ICAO Assembly in 1998, for recommending accident prevention interventions in the Member Countries, is established under the project.
Steering Committee Priority High
Seven meetings of NARAST have now been completed and work is ongoing on implementation of recommendations once these are approved by the Steering Committee. The 7th NARAST Meeting was conducted in BangkokThailand during the period of 15 to 16 November 2007. The results of the most recent Meeting will be reviewed in detail under Agenda Item 11, Presentation by CTA on NARAST Recommendations – DP5. In addition, DP5 contains a detailed report on the Implementation Status of NARAST action items.
3.3Immediate Objective 3
Establishment of a systematic programme for inspection of air operators and maintenance organizations in Member States whose Civil Aviation Administrations currently lack the capability to do so independently.
Output 3.1
Systematic surveillance, inspection and certification capability of air operators and maintenance organizations established in Member Administrations that lacked hitherto such capability.
Steering Committee Priority High
Member States needs in this area vary considerably. During regular missions to States, experts provide required guidance material that is available from the material developed by the COSCAP programme. The 2nd COSCAP-NA Steering Committee Meeting established the process for On-Job-Training (OJT) that could be provided at the request of Member States. COSCAP-North Asiadeveloped a draft policy for conducting OJT to Member States which was discussed with them during missions and a draft policy was forwarded to Member States in late 2004. In States where most of the classroom training has been completed, a programme of OJT has been established based on needs. During the programme,specialist and joint inspections were conducted of air operators to permit best practices exchange between COSCAP-NA and National Inspectors. Due to the priority of preparing for USOAP audits limited OJT is being provided at this time.
3.4Immediate Objective 4
Safety oversight inspectors and technical personnel in North Asian Member States are qualified and sufficient for undertaking surveillance, inspection, testing, certification and regulation of flight operations, airworthiness and personnel licensing through recruitment and training.
Output 4.1
The required number of safety oversight inspectors and technical personnel in the Civil Aviation Administrations of Member States are recruited, trained and qualified to undertake fully the tasks required of them.
Steering Committee Priority High
At the 1stCOSCAP-NA Steering Committee Meeting a programme of required training was approved by the Steering Committee. Based on the needs of each MemberState, COSCAP-NA has conducted specific training as outlined in Appendix A. Since the previous SC Meeting CTA/RAW provided a Foreign Air Operator Surveillance OJT programme to CAAC in June, September and December of 2007, and March 2008. CTA provided the ICAO SMS Course in Mongolia also in June 2007, an Aviation English Instructor course was provided in Beijing in February 2008, and a Cabin Safety Course was held in Beijing in April 2008.
Partner organizations also provided training in support of the COSCAP programme. Since the previous SC Meeting,Transport Canada provided a Dangerous Good Safety Oversight Course inChina, Mongolia andBangkokThailand.Boeing assisted the CTA to deliver a Designated Check Pilot course in Mongolia, and NATS United Kingdom provided an ATM SMS Implementation Seminar in BangkokThailand with the support of the COSCAP programmes. ENAC sponsored PBN training in Beijing in December 2007, Flight Safety Foundation and AAPA provided a Ground Accident Prevention Seminar in Beijing in March 2008.
As of April 2008 a total of 3145 candidates have participated in 92 Courses, Workshops and Seminars under the COSCAP-NA programme.
Other training programmes will be organized to meet the needs of Member States as required. Since the last Steering Committee Meeting, 13 workshops and courses have been provided for Member States, attended by 474 participants.
3.5Immediate Objective 5
Establishment of aerodrome certification capability and related management system in Member States.
Output 5.1
Harmonized aerodrome certification regulations and procedures will have been developed and adopted by the Member States.
Output 5.2
The capability and effectiveness of regulatory authorities and airport operators in airport safety will have been enhanced by the development of Aerodrome Manuals and establishment of Safety Management Systems.
Steering Committee Priority HIGH
An Aerodrome Certification Safety and Training Expert (ACSTE) was engaged for a four month period commencing on 15 July 2003. ACSTEduring missions to States conducted or assisted States with training, including On-Job-Training, of Aerodrome Safety Inspectors. In States he has provided or reviewed aviation legislation requirements for certification,provided Model Regulations, producedState-specific aerodrome standards,produced a Manual of Aerodrome Certification Procedures for guidance of regulatory staff and provided Generic Aerodrome Manual for adoption by aerodrome operators. ICAO provided an Aerodrome Safety Workshop in February 2006 for Member States. Additional short term assistance was provided to ROK and DPRK in April 2007 to assist with their USOAP Preparations, and CAAC has also directly supported DPRK preparations in the area of Aerodrome Safety oversight.
4Air Traffic Services
At the 1stCOSCAP- North Asia Steering Committee Meeting Member States strongly supported a role for COSCAP-NA to assist States with their preparations for USOAP audit of Annex 11 – Air Traffic Services and related guidance material (subject to the availability of funding).
Steering Committee Priority HIGH
The Boeing Company agreed to the release of sufficient funds to support the engagement of an Air Traffic Services Certification Expert for an initial period of six weeks. During this period he reviewed with Member States their compliance with Annex 11 SARPs and provided assistance to them concerning implementation of ICAO SARPs. Based on a decision of the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting, COSCAP-NA with funding support from Airbus and Boeingengaged ATM Safety Experts to cooperate with States in the establishment of their ATM Safety Management programmes. In March 2007 and February 2008 ROK engaged an ATM expert to assist with their preparations for the USOAP audit.
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APPENDIX A
SUMMARYYEAR / CHINA / ROK / MONGOLIA / DPRK / TOTAL / CAA: / 1586
CAA / IND / CAA / IND / CAA / IND / CAA / IND / CAA / IND / IND: / 1559
2003 / 29 / 127 / 24 / 13 / 34 / 40 / 20 / 6 / 107 / 186 / TOTAL: / 3145
2004 / 219 / 107 / 105 / 66 / 44 / 121 / 68 / 42 / 436 / 336
2005 / 213 / 333 / 73 / 103 / 26 / 63 / 25 / 9 / 337 / 508
2006 / 211 / 146 / 32 / 15 / 62 / 59 / 41 / 22 / 346 / 242
2007 / 128 / 109 / 30 / 4 / 26 / 54 / 0 / 0 / 184 / 167
2008 / 161 / 105 / 1 / 3 / 10 / 12 / 4 / 0 / 176 / 120
TOTAL / 961 / 927 / 265 / 204 / 202 / 349 / 158 / 79 / 1586 / 1559
NOTE:
1. COSCAP Staff not included in total
2. All Courses/Seminars/Workshops included up to April 2008
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APPENDIX B
COSCAP-NA DETAILS TRAINING COURSES2007
No / COURSE / LOCATION / DATE / CHINA / ROK / MONGOLIA / DPRK / TOTAL
CAA / IND / CAA / IND / CAA / IND / CAA / IND
1 / ICAO Safety Management System (SMS) Training Course / ROK-SEOUL / 12-16 March, 2007 / 0 / 0 / 28 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 28
2 / Air Operator SMS Implementation And Best Practices Exchange Seminar / CHINA-SANYA / 29-31 May, 2007 / 26 / 50 / 2 / 4 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 85
3 / Safety Management Systems Course / MONGOLIA-Ulaanbaatar / 4-8 June, 2007 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19 / 21 / 0 / 0 / 40
4 / Foreign Air Operator Surveillance Workshop / CHINA-BEIJING / 12-15 June, 2007 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 20
5 / Dangerous Goods Training / CHINA - Shenyang / 25 – 29 June 2007[1] / 15 / 55 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 70
6 / Dangerous Goods Training / MONGOLIA-Ulaanbaatar / 30 June – 7 July 2007[2] / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 30 / 0 / 0 / 35
7 / Foreign Air Operator Surveillance Workshop / CHINA-DALIAN / 18-20 Sepember,07 / 20 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 24
8 / Performance Based Navigation Procedure Design Course / CHINA-BEIJING / 3-14 December, 07 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12
9 / Foreign Air Operator Surveillance Workshop / CHINA-SHANGHAI / 25-28 December, 07 / 37 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 37
TOTAL: / 128 / 109 / 30 / 4 / 26 / 54 / 0 / 0 / 351
COSCAP-NA DETAILS TRAINING COURSES
2008 ( As of April)
No / COURSE / LOCATION / DATE / CHINA / ROK / MONGOLIA / DPRK / TOTAL
CAA / IND / CAA / IND / CAA / IND / CAA / IND
1 / Approach and Landing Accident Prevention Workshop / CHINA-BEIJING / 15-16 January 2008 / 38 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 72
2 / Designated Check Pilot (DCP) Course / MONGOLIA-Ulaanbaatar / 22-23 January 2008 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 16
3 / Aviation English Instructor Development Training Course / CHINA-BEIJING / 25 February-7 March 2008 / 15 / 4 / 1 / 3 / 4 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 31
4 / ICAO Dangerous Goods Inspector Workshop / THAILAND-BANGKOK / 17-21 March 2008 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
5 / Foreign Air Operator Surveillance Workshop / CHINA -Xiamen / 18 – 20 March / 44 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 44
6 / Ground Accident Prevention Seminar / CHINA-BEIJING / 24-25 March 2008 / 33 / 42 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 75
7 / Ground Accident Prevention Seminar / THAILAND-BANGKOK / 27-29 March 2008 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
8 / Cabin Safety Inspector Course / CHINA-BEIJING / 14-18 April 2008 / 30 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 55
TOTAL: / 161 / 105 / 1 / 3 / 10 / 12 / 4 / 0 / 296
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APPENDIX C
Results Reporting Summary
January 2007 to April 2008
1China
1.119 – 31 May 2007 - Air Operator SMS Implementation Seminar Sanya,China. There were 85 participants who attended the Seminar and exchanges best practices related to implementation of SMS. Presentations were provided by ICAO, CAAC, Transport Canada, Airbus, Boeing, IATA, Shenzhen Airlines, Eva Airlines, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific, Hainan Airlines and Asiana Airlines.
1.212 – 15 June 2007 – Foreign Air Operator Surveillance Programme. 1.5 days of classroom training provided by CTA and AWE to CAAC Foreign air operator inspection staff from four regions. The classroom training included lecture on policy and procedures related to inspection of foreign air operators and detailed review of the foreign air operator ramp inspection checklist. After completion of the classroom 2.5 days of ramp inspections were conducted at the Beijing airport on various foreign air operators. There were a total of 20 CAAC staff who participated in the programme.
1.325 – 29 June 2007 – Mr. Daniel Sylvestre – Transport Canada Dangerous Goods Expert provided one week of Dangerous Goods training and On-Job-Training in Shenyang China for CAAC inspectors.
1.420 – 23 August 2007 - UrumqiChina - CAAC/IATA 129 Workshop – Provided presentation concerning draft ICAO Foreign Air Operator requirements and support to the Workshop related to ICAO requirements. CAAC advised the Workshop that they support the proposed ICAO Foreign Air Operator requirements and will modify their present requirements once the ICAO requirements are finalized.
1.518 – 20 September 2007 - Foreign Air Operator Workshop , Dalian China - 1.5 days of classroom training provided by CTA and AWE to CAAC Foreign air operator inspection staff from four regions. The classroom training included lecture on policy and procedures related to inspection of foreign air operators and detailed review of the foreign air operator ramp inspection checklist. After completion of the classroom 1.5 days of ramp inspections were conducted at the airport on various foreign air operators.
1.625 – 28 December 2007 - Foreign Air Operator Workshop , Shanghai China - 1.5 days of classroom training provided by CTA and Regional Airworthiness Inspector to CAAC Foreign air operator inspection staff from regional and district offices. The classroom training included lecture on policy and procedures related to inspection of foreign air operators and detailed review of the foreign air operator ramp inspection checklist.
1.715-16 January 2008 – Approach and Landing Accident Prevention Workshop, Beijing China – two day workshop provided to 72 participants from China which included 38 from the CAAC and 34 from Chinese air operators. Presentations provided by CTA COSCAP-NA, IATA, CAAC and numerous Chinese and foreign air operators on aspects related to the implementation of constant decent final approach.
1.818 – 20 March 2008 Foreign Air Operator Surveillance Programme. Two days of classroom training provided by RAW to CAAC Foreign air operator inspection staff from Eastern Regional Administration. The classroom training included lecture on policy and procedures related to inspection of foreign air operators and detailed review of the foreign air operator ramp inspection checklist. After completion of the classroom 1.0 day of ramp inspections were conducted at the Xiamen airport on various foreign air operators. A total of 44 CAAC staff participated in the programme.
2DPRK
2.124 – 30 April 2007 – Mission to DPRK by John Slaughter Aerodrome Expert. During the mission Mr. Slaughter reviewed the Aerodrome Protocol in some detail and provided recommendations to GACA to strengthen their Aerodrome Certification and safety oversight programme.
2.22 – 9 June 2007 - AWE Mission to DPRK – During the mission Mr. Pennanen reviewed the Airworthiness Protocol in some details and provided recommendations to GACA to strengthen their safety oversight system.
2.33 -12 July 2007 – Mission to DPRK to provide support concerning preparations for USOAP audit. Conducted a joint review of all USOAP Protocols (except Airworthiness) and provided completed Protocols to GACA. Gaps identified and follow-up ongoing to identify solutions concerning shortfalls. Report provided to DGCA after the mission.
2.413 – 18 October 2007 – Mission to DPRK to continue to provide support for ICAO USOAP preparations. Continued review of USOAP Compliance Checklists and USOAP Protocols related to Operations and Licensing. Report provided to Director General after the mission.
2.523 – 27 October 2007 – Mission to DPRK by CAAC Accident Investigation Specialist kindly provided by CAAC. During the mission Mr. Mao Yanfeng reviewed in detail the AIG Protocol, briefed the GACA staff on the results of the Chinese USOAP audit and provided documents and recommendations to strengthen the DPRK AIG programme.