Arrangements for the joint financing of air navigation facilities and services are administered by ICAO upon request and on behalf of some States and/or groups of States.

The provisions of Chapter XV of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention) and ICAO Assembly Resolutions provide the opportunity for joint financing arrangements. The general shortage of capital for the development of facilities and the growing emphasis on cost-effectiveness provide scope for the joint financing concept to be applied by two or more States to enable them to share in the cost of implementing and operating air navigation facilities and services for international civil aviation.