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The Twenty-fifth Meeting of the EUR Data Management Group (DMG/25) was held in Toulouse, France from 16 to 18 October 2018.

The ICAO EUR/NAT Office together with EASA organized the Joint COG Task Force on Language Proficiency Requirements Implementation (COG LPRI TF 33) meeting which was held in EASA headquarters in Cologne, Germany, from 9 to 10 October 2018.

ICAO Workshop on the Investigation of Cabin Safety Aspects in Accidents and Incidents was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 4 to 5 October 2018.

The First Meeting of the European System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Project Team (EUR SIWM PT/1) was held at Eurocontrol Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium on 27 September 2018.

The Twelfth meeting of the ICAO EUR Regional Expert Safety Team (IE-REST/12) was held in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, on 25 – 27 September 2018, kindly hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Moldova.

A Technical Assistance Workshop, organized within the framework of the ICAO EUR/NAT No Country Left Behind Technical Assistance Programme (EUR/NAT TAP) was held in Tirana, Albania from 19 to 21 September 2018, kindly hosted by the Republic of Albania Civil Aviation Authority.

​The Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Meteorology Group (METG/28) of the European Air Navigation Planning Group was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office, Paris, France from 18 to 21 September 2018.

The Sixth Meeting of the ICAO NAT North Atlantic Region Technology and Interoperability Group (NAT TIG/6) was held from 17 to 21 September 2018 in Bodø, Norway.

The ICAO AVSEC/FAL seminar for the Eastern Part of the EUR/NAT Regions was held from 12 to14 September 2018 in Skopje The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

An ICAO Workshop on the Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA) of the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) for the European and North Atlantic Regions was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office in Paris, France, from 11 to 13 September 2018.

​The Sixth Meeting of the North Atlantic Procedures and Operations Group (NAT POG/06) was hosted by the French Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile from at their headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris from 10 to 14 September 2018.

The VOLCEX18 Preparatory Workshop was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office, Paris, France from 6 to 7 September 2018. The Workshop was attended by a total of 45 participants from 18 States, 6 airlines, and 4 International Organizations.

The Thirteenth Meeting of the Volcanic Ash Exercises Steering Group for the (far) Eastern part of the EUR Region (EUR (EAST) VOLCEX/SG/13) was held from 7 to 9 August 2018 in Magadan, Russian Federation with 28 participants from Japan, Russian Federation, United States, IATA (including Eva Air) and ICAO.

The Interregional EUR/MID Workshop on PANS AIM was successfully held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office, Paris, France from 10 to 12 July 2018. The Workshop was attended by a total of one hundred and one (101) participants from forty one (41) States from EUR/NAT and MID and nine (9) Organizations/Industries.

The 54th meeting of the North Atlantic Systems Planning Group was held in Paris, France at the ICAO EUR NAT Office, from 25 to 28 June 2018.

​ICAO EUR NAT Office and ICAO Global Aviation Training (GAT) organized for the EUR NAT Regions an International Air Law course in Paris, France, from 18 to 22 June 2018.

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

The Eighteenth Meeting of the Project Team on Implementation of Meteorological Services in the Eastern part of the EUR Region (PT/EAST/18) was held in Astana, Kazakhstan from 5 to 7 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.