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​The Ninth edition of the Pan American Aviation Safety Summit was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 11 to 13 June 2018.

An ICAO EUR Regional Performance Framework workshop was conducted, thanks to the kind invitation from the Russian Federation in Moscow from 29 to 30 May 2018. The workshop was attended by more than 50 participants from Civil Aviation Authorities, Air Navigation Service Providers and other aviation stakeholders.

The Coordination Meeting of the ICAO EANPG Frequency Management Group (FMG CM) was held from 28 to 30 May 2018 in Vienna, Austria, hosted by AUSTROCONTROL

​The Fourth meeting of the MIDANPIRG Air Traffic Management Sub-Group (ATM SG/4) and the Third meeting of the Advanced Inter-Regional ATS Route Development Task Force (AIRARD TF/3) were organized, thanks to the invitation from the Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC), in Amman, Jordan from 29 April to 03 May 2018.

​More than 32 participants from 10 States and 2 international organizations attended the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Air Traffic Management Group – Eastern part of the ICAO EUR Region (ATMGE/25) which, thanks to the kind invitation/support of EUROCONTROL was organized in Brussels, Belgium from 25 to 27 April 2018.

​The Twenty Second Meeting of the EANPG Aeronautical Fixed Services Group (AFSG) was held from 23 to 27 April 2018 in the ICAO EUR/NAT Office in Paris.

VOLKAM18 was successfully conducted from 19 to 20 April 2018 which exercised several objectives related to aviation stakeholders' response to two simulated volcano eruptions in Kamchatka, Russian Federation.

The first ICAO Aviation Data and Analysis seminar was organized and held at the ICAO EUR NAT Regional Office. It was a joint event with ICAO EUR NAT Office, ICAO Headquarter and ICAO MID Office.

The ACAC/ICAO Civil/Military Workshop organized jointly by ACAC and ICAO (EUR/NAT and MID Regional Offices) was held in Algiers, Algeria, from 26 to 28 March 2018.

The 39th ICAO Assembly adopted Resolution A39-3 (Consolidated statement of continuing ICAO policies and practices related to environmental protection – Global Market-based Measure (MBM) Scheme), in which it was decided that ICAO and Member States take all necessary actions in providing capacity building and assistance for implementation of CORSIA.

With the aim of improving the coordination and implementation of North Atlantic (NAT) programmes and projects, the Fifth Meeting of the North Atlantic Procedures and Operations Group (NAT POG/05) was held from 19 to 23 March 2018 in Santa Maria, Portugal.

​The Twenty-Third Meeting of the Data Management Group (DMG/23) was held in Algiers, Algeria from 13 to 15 March 2018.

​An ICAO PBN authorisations training course was held in the EUR/NAT Office on 12-16 March 2018.

The ICAO EUR/NAT is implementing a regional Technical Assistance Programme (EUR/NAT TAP) under the No Country Left Behind (NCLB) global initiative.

​ICAO EUR/NAT PBCS workshop was held in the EUR/NAT Office on 20-21 February 2018 attended by about 100 participants.

A EUR/NAT Technical Assistance Programme was established in early 2015 with the aim to develop and implement Technical Assistance projects.

VOLCEX17 simulated a volcano eruption in the Azores in Portugal which produced a simulated volcanic ash cloud that impacted the Mediterranean States as well as a large part of continental Europe, United Kingdom and portions of the Middle East.

​Another milestone was recently reached by the ICAO EUR/NAT Technical Assistance Programme (TAP) in continued support provided to Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) of Kyrgyzstan in improving its State oversight functions provided under the No Country Left Behind (NCLB) global initiative.

The second EUR/NAT Regional Facilitation seminar was conducted bilingually (English and Russian with simultaneous interpretation) from 21 -24 November 2017 in the ICAO Paris office. This seminar focused on the implementation of Annex 9 (Facilitation).

ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office team actively participated in the ICAO Regional Safety Management Symposium convened in Tallinn, Estonia from 16 to 18 October 2017. Attended by around 250 participants from the Region, the Symposium provided a unique information-sharing opportunity for regulators, service providers, operational personnel and other aviation professionals involved in safety management activities.

The Second Global Aviation Cooperation Symposium (GACS 2) to be held in Athens, Greece from 11 to 13 October 2017, will carry a theme of “Managing Change: Building a Safe, Secure and Sustainable Aviation Community.” Aviation professionals will be able to exchange their views and discuss challenges and opportunities related to their fields. It will serve as a forum for regulators, service providers, operators and other industry stakeholders to meet and exchange their experiences and best practices in implementing technical cooperation and technical assistance projects.

The Sixth meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group - Middle East (RASG-MID/6) was hosted by Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs, Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, from 26 to 28 September 2017. The Vice Chair RASG EUR participated and provided a briefing on the RASG-EUR activities and achievements.

Under ICAO’s global initiative “No Country Left Behind” (NCLB), Regional Office EUR/NAT developed a capacity building Technical Assistance Programme (EUR- NAT TAP) to be implemented through Technical Assistance projects. The EUR/NAT TAP would be implemented according to the availability of funds and human resources. Specifically, EUR NAT 16002, PANS OPS Oversight capacity building project , has been developed and is under implementation.

The CAPSCA EUR 06 meeting and Technical Advisors Training (12-14/07/2017) was successfully conducted, in close cooperation with WHO Europe The meeting was hosted by Belarus (AVIAMED/Public Health Authority and CAA) and was attended by 89 participants, coming from 26 States and 3 International Organizations. Minister of Health and Director of CAA Belarus opened the meeting.

Paris, 5 May 2017 – Directors General of Civil Aviation from the States of the ICAO European and North Atlantic Regions, industry stakeholders, and international and regional organizations gathered in Paris, France, today, for its very first ICAO DGCA meeting of the ICAO European and North Atlantic Regions.

A workshop on Air Cargo Security and Facilitation will be held at the International Air Transport Association, (IATA) Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, from 23 to 26 January 2017.

The Sixth Meeting of the CAPSCA Global Programme Coordination (CAPSCA GLOBAL/06) and the Eighth Meeting of the CAPSCA Asia Pacific (CAPSCA-AP/08) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 15 – 18 November 2016.

On the 4th of November 2015, more than 70 participants representing 32 States, 10 international and regional organizations and several airlines, active in the ICAO European Regional Aviation Safety Group (RASG-EUR) approved, with appreciation, the RASG-EUR 2015 Safety Report and reviewed the safety targets and metrics for the ICAO EUR Region. The meeting assessed as well the progress of the implementation of several safety enhancement initiatives (SEIs) launched in areas of the region not covered by the EU/EASA regulatory framework.

The Fifth Pan European meeting of the ICAO Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA-EUR/05) will be held from 12 to 14 October 2016 in the premises of Radisson Blu Beke Hotel, Budapest, thanks to the kind invitation of Hungary, National Transport Authority (NKH).

Top Aviation Officials from ICAO, EUR/NAT member States and International Organizations gathered together on the 7th July 2016 to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the European and North Atlantic Office and testify its leadership role in the Region and pioneering achievements at a global level.

The Director from the ICAO EUR NAT Office Mr. Luis Fonseca de Almeida and the Director of State Civil Aviation Administration (SCAA) , Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Arif Mammadov, signed a Technical Assistance agreement on 07/07/2017, during the celebration of the 70 years of the ICAO EUR NAT Office, in Paris.

Fifty-Seventh Meeting of the European Air Navigation Planning Group (EANPG) (23 to 26 November 2015, Paris, France) addressed a wide area of topics relating to aviation safety, planning and implementation, monitoring of RVSM operations, civil-military cooperation and coordination in the airspace over high seas, amendments to the ICAO regional and global documents.

The first Interregional English Language Proficiency (IELP) Workshop (WS) jointly organized by the Asia and Pacific, European and North Atlantic and Middle East Regional Offices of ICAO was held in Kuwait, from 9 to 11 November 2015, graciously hosted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Kuwait.

To assist States from the Asia-Pacific, European/North-Atlantic and Middle East Regions in implementing the ICAO language provisions, the Interregional English Language Proficiency Workshop will be organized jointly by the ICAO APAC, EUR/NAT and MID Regional Offices in Kuwait from 9 to 11 November 2015. The Workshop will be graciously hosted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Kuwait.

On 13th October 2015, the Regional Director of the ICAO European and North Atlantic Office, Mr Luis Fonseca de Almeida, officially inaugurated the 29th ICAO Aviation Security Training Centre (ASTC) in Minsk/Belarus.

Paris 1 to 3 June 2015 - The EUR/NAT Aviation Security Group conducted its fourth meeting from 1 to 3 June in the premises of the ICAO EUR/NAT office in Paris. 60 participants representing 21 States and 10 international/regional organizations attended the meeting over 2 ½ days discussing new and emerging threats to civil aviation as well as “classical” AVSEC topics.

Paris, France 9 to 17 February 2015 – Following the ICAO auditor’s re-certification training which was successfully completed by 21 AVSEC experts in November 2014, an ICAO auditor’s certification course for new candidates was conducted between 9 and 17 February 2015 in Paris.

St Malo (France) - On 29 and 30 January 2015 the second meeting of directors of the eight Aviation Security Training Centres (ASTCs) located in the EUR region was conducted in St. Malo following the invitation of the ASTC Toulouse.