Strategic Objective — Air Navigation Capacity and Efficiency — Technical Cooperation and Assistance Projects (TCB)

During 2015, there were 42 national and 13 regional active technical cooperation projects which assisted civil aviation administrations and international airports to improve air navigation capacity and efficiency. Major achievements over the period included:

Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region

•	Continued provision of flight information services on behalf of one State;
•	Assistance to one State in the implementation of Performance-based Navigation (PBN);
•	Establishment of an aeronautical rescue coordination centre in one State;
•	Conduct of site acceptance tests for the upgrade of five area control centres in five States;
•	Conduct of preliminary site acceptance tests for the installation of one radar and three Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems and provision of On-the-Job Training (OJT) to maintenance personnel in three States;
•	Delivery of OJT to national staff in the areas of Air Navigation Services (ANS) in one State;
•	Assistance to one international organization in the assessment of six aerodromes and development of related technical specifications for civil works;
•	Assistance to one State in the evaluation of tenders for the procurement of an Approach Multilateration (MLAT) surveillance system and an Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS);
•	Conduct of factory acceptance tests on aerodrome and en-route simulators in one State;
•	Provision of factory technical and operational training on aerodrome and en-route simulators to technical staff of one international organization;
•	Conduct of site surveys at ten earth stations in eight States as part of the data collection phase for the Africa Indian Ocean Region Satellite Network (AFISNET) audit and delivery of the final audit report to the Satellite Network Management Committee (SNMC);
•	Conduct of a safety risk assessment in one State for the introduction of Controller-Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C) solutions and services;
•	Development of a draft master plan and detailed design for an airport in one State;
•	Enhancement of the capabilities in PBN in 25 States through workshops for quality assurance for PBN implementation, training in the design of Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS), support in the design of conventional and PBN flight procedures, assistance in the approval of flight procedures, assistance in the development of national PBN implementation plans, and delivery of OJT to flight procedure designers; and
•	Review of equipment specifications for surveillance systems for one State.

Asia and Pacific (APAC) Region

•	Continued assistance in pandemic preparedness planning to 20 States and Special Administrative Regions (SARs) through the Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation – Asia Pacific (CAPSCA-AP) project through conduct of an annual meeting/seminar;
•	Continued assistance to 15 States and SARs with improvement of flight procedures through OJT in PBN procedure design and delivery of training courses and workshops including an ICAO Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS) initial course for procedure designers; a PBN implementation workshop, a PBN procedure design course, Quality Assurance Course and a flight procedure review for five airports in three States;
•	Assistance to three States in quality assurance and procedure design support;
•	Review and amendment of a Request for Quotation (RFQ), a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement and technical specifications for one State in relation to the installation and commissioning of a multi-mode surveillance system (radar, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), wide area-multilateration(WAM)) along with an Air Traffic Control (ATC) and communication system for one State; and
•	Assistance to one SAR in the preparation of technical specifications, conduct of a tendering exercise and evaluation of received proposals for the procurement of aeronautical information management (AIM) equipment.

Caribbean and South American (CAR/SAM) Region

•	Continued assistance to six States in the acquisition, installation and maintenance of equipment such as primary and secondary radar, voice switching, Very-high Frequency (VHF) communications systems, including Automatic Terminal Information Services (ATIS) for approach and aerodrome control, VHF communication equipment for area control, Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN), radio links, an audio recording system, Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), VHF Omnidirectional Radio range (VOR), Air Traffic Management (ATM) system, Automated Flight Inspection System (AFIS), Geographic Information System (GIS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Aeronautical Message Handling System (AMHS), and Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS);
•	Implementation of a software solution for flight planning and meteorology control procedures for one State;
•	Construction of a remote ramp for one State;
•	Repair and maintenance of a passenger boarding bridge for one State;
•	Continued assistance to one State in the implementation of PBN systems;
•	Continued assistance to one State in the transition to the MEVA III network;
•	Assistance to one State in the tendering process for the procurement of meteorological equipment;
•	Development of an airport feasibility study and an airport master plan for one State;
•	Procurement of voice switching equipment for four airports and one area control centre (ACC) in one State;
•	Procurement of an Automated Flight Inspection System (AFIS) in one State;
•	Procurement of VHS communications equipment for five airports to upgrade the ATN as well as three radio links, an ILS, VOR equipment, an AFIS, a GIS, DME and three ATM systems for one State;
•	Delivery of training in the areas of ATM and communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) to 229 specialists from ten States of the South American (SAM) Region and seven international organizations, including the award of 65 fellowships;
•	Assistance in the implementation of the SAM digital network (REDDIG II) and provision of related training to 37 technical staff of ten States including 19 fellowships;
•	Assistance to one State in the management of an implementation upgrade to Air Navigation Services (ANS) which in turn will help the implementation of modules corresponding to Block 0 and Block 1 related to the ICAO ASBUs (Aviation System Block Upgrades);
•	Assistance to one State in the tendering process for the procurement of control tower work stations and a mobile control tower; and
•	Continued assistance to one State in the procurement of a portable lighting system.

Europe and Middle East (EUR/MID) Region

•	Assistance to one State in the certification of new radar systems, provision of related training to 40 local systems engineers on radar operations management, conduct of maintenance and performance checks of the newly acquired surveillance network and integration of the new radar assets into the automation systems;
•	Assistance to one State in the procurement of a nationwide Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system;
•	Assistance in meeting the frangibility and obstacle limitation requirements of newly installed instrument navigation systems for one State;
•	Assistance to one State in the implementation of procedures relating to the management of Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) Interrogator Code (IC) distribution;
•	Assistance to one State in the design of aerodrome instrument flight procedures (IFP);
•	Assistance to one State in the area of Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) for the development of requirements for a centralized aeronautical database;
•	Development of safety requirements for ATC low visibility procedures in one State; and
•	Conduct of an airport strategic planning study for one State to enhance international operations and decongest the air traffic flow.

Technical assistance projects and activities

During 2015, there were no national or regional active technical assistance projects which assisted civil aviation administrations and international airports to improve their air navigation capacity and efficiency.