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Runway Safety Go Team Go-team mission, Minsk, Belarus - 17 to 19 December 2019

The Workshop on Implementation of the New Global Reporting Format (GRF) for Runway Surface Conditions in the ICAO EUR Region was held at Fraport in Frankfurt, Germany from 10 to 11 December 2019.

The Twenty-first meeting of the North Atlantic Safety Oversight Group (NAT SOG/21) was held in Madrid, Spain from 10 to 13 December 2019

The First meeting of the European Aviation System Planning Group, a merger of the former EANPG and RASG-EUR, (EASPG/1) took place from 2 to 5 December 2019 in the ICAO EUR/NAT Office in Paris, France.

Continuing the successful experience of ICAO - EASA Joint pan-European National Continuous Monitoring Coordinator meetings (E-NCMC) held in previous years, an E-NCMC/9 meeting was held in the ICAO European and North Atlantic Office in Paris, France on 21 November 2019.

The Combined Second ICAO EUR PBN Consolidation Task Force and Twenty-ninth EUROCONTROL Navigation Steering Group Meeting (PBNC-TF/2-ECTL-NSG/29), was held in the ICAO European and North Atlantic office in Paris, from 13 to 15 November 2019.

EUR/NAT Environment Technical Assistance mission and ACT CORSIA, Rabat, Morocco - 6 to 8 November 2019

The ICAO IWXXM Implementation Workshop was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office in Paris from 5 to 6 November 2019. The workshop was attended by a total of seventy-seven participants from thirty-six States, four industries and ICAO.

The Fifty-fifth Meeting of the ICAO North Atlantic Implementation Management Group (NAT IMG/55) was held, at the kind invitation of the United States in Washington D. C., from 4 to 8 November 2019.

Workshop on Terrain and Obstacle Datasets (TOD) for the Maghreb States was hosted by Etablissement de la Navigation Aérienne (ENNA), Algiers, Algeria - 29 to 31 October 2019

2019 marks the 75th Anniversary of ICAO and the signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known more popularly as the 'Chicago Convention'.

The 25th Meeting of the ICAO EANPG Frequency Management Group (FMG/25) combined with the Sixteenth Meeting of the Network Manager Radio Frequency Function (RAFT/16) was held in the ICAO EUR/NAT office from 15 to 18 October 2019.

The Twenty-eighth Meeting of the EUR Data Management Group (DMG/28) was held at the Skeyes premises located at the Brussels Airport, Belgium from 15 to 17 October 2019.

ICAO EUR/NAT Language Proficiency Requirements Workshops (Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 9-11 October 2019 & Tbilisi, Georgia, 14-16 October 2019)

The second ICAO EUR/NAT Environment Task Force was held in Minsk, Belarus, from 8 to 10 October 2019.

The Seventh Aviation Security (AVSEC) and Facilitation (FAL) Seminar for the States in the Eastern, Central Asian, Balkan and Baltic areas of the ICAO EUR Region (ICAO AVSEC/FAL Seminar/07 )was conducted 2-4 October 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan

The VOLCEX19 Preparatory Workshop was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office, Paris, France from 2 to 3 October 2019.

The 37th meeting of EURASIA Expert Group and Coordinating Council, uniting Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) of CIS States, was held on 23-26 September 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Meteorology Group (METG/29) was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office, Paris, France from 17 to 20 September 2019.

The IE-REST is established within RASG-EUR structure to support the development and implementation of safety enhancement initiatives and activities in the part of the ICAO EUR Region which is not covered by the EU/EASA regulatory framework, in line with the RASG-EUR objectives.

ICAO and the Runway Safety Programme Partners continue working together to minimize and mitigate the risks of runway incursions, runway excursions and other events linked to Runway Safety.

The last training course Managing Compliance with ICAO Standard and Recommended Practices (SARPs) for CAA Senior and Middle Managers organized in the EUR/NAT Regions was held from 9 to 13 September, in Tbilisi Georgia for the Georgian Civil Aviation Authority.

The main purpose of this meeting was to develop volcanic ash exercise objectives for the next volcanic ash exercise that will take place from 16 to 17 April 2020 called VOLKAM20. This exercise will assist in real-time events by reducing the workload of operators and air traffic services.

Workshop on Implementation of the New Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions in the ICAO EUR Region, Paris, France - 10 to 11 July 2019

The second ICAO Aviation Data and Analysis Seminar for the EUR/NAT and MID Regions was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 8 to 12 July 2019.

The Republic of Kyrgyzstan resolved two Safety Significant Concerns pertaining to air operator certification and continuous oversight.

ICAO and the Runway Safety Programme Partners have been working together to minimize and mitigate the risks of runway incursions, runway excursions and other events linked to Runway Safety.

Ms. Hlin Holm, the Head of Air Navigation Services Section of the Icelandic Transport Authority was elected by the NAT SPG/55 as its Chairperson. Ms. Holm is the first female Chairperson of any of the ICAO Planning and Implementation Regional Groups.

The Fifty-Fifth Meeting of the North Atlantic Systems Planning Group was held in the European and North Atlantic Office of ICAO from 24 to 27 June 2019.

ICAO EUR/NAT Runway Safety Go-team mission in Rabat, Morocco, 18 to 20 June 2019.

European and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Office Aviation Security Group (ENAVSECG/07) seventh meeting – 04-06 June 2019 held in Paris, France

The Twenty-seventh Meeting of the EUR Data Management Group (DMG/27) was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 4 to 6 June 2019.

The ICAO EUR/NAT Office together with ICAO Headquarters, organized the second ICAO PBN Operational approvals workshop that was held in Paris at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office from 3 to 7 June 2019.

The Project Team on Implementation of Meteorological Services in the Eastern part of the EUR Region PT/EAST/19 Meeting was held in Chisinau, Moldova from 29 to 31 May 2019.

​The Second Meeting of the System Wide Information Management Project Team (SWIM PT/2) was held in Chisinau, Moldova from 27 to 28 May 2019.

The Seventy-Fourth Meeting of the EANPG Programme Coordinating Group (COG/74) combined with the Eleventh Meeting of the RASG-EUR Coordination Group (RCOG/11) was held at the kind invitation of Finland, in Helsinki, from 20 to 22 May 2019.

ICAO EANPG FMG CM combined with RAFT/15 was held from 15 to 17 May 2019 in Luxembourg, hosted by EUROCONTROL.

The VOLKAM19 Debrief Meeting was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office in Paris, France from 20 to 21 May 2019.

A volcanic ash exercise in Kamachatka, Russian Federation took place from 2200 UTC 18 April 2019 to 0200 UTC 19 April 2019.

​The Thirteenth meeting of the ICAO EUR Regional Expert Safety Team (IE-REST/13) was held in Paris, France, from 11 to 12 April 2019.

​The ICAO EUR/NAT Office in coordination with ICAO Air Navigation Bureau, Aviation Medicine Section, and in consultation with the World Health Organization organized CAPSCA-EUR/07

The Seventh Meeting of the ICAO North Atlantic Technology and Interoperability Group (NAT TIG/07) was held from 8 to 12 April 2019 in the premises of the ICAO EUR/NAT Office in Paris, France.

RASG-EUR Accident investigation and ECCAIRS user workshop was held in Paris, France, from 8 to10 April 2019

An ICAO Workshop on Safety Management Capacity Building for the European and North Atlantic Regions was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office in Paris, France, from 2 to 5 April 2019.

​The EUR/NAT Regional Workshop on CORSIA was held in Helsinki Finland from 26 to 27 March 2019.

The First meeting of the ICAO EUR PBN Consolidation Task Force in conjunction with the Twenty-Eight meeting of the EUROCONTROL Navigation Steering Group (NSG) was held at EUROCONTROL HQ, Brussels on 26 – 28 March 2019.

The meeting was convened in the EUR/NATOffice from 19 to 20 March 2019 with the participation of the ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu.

​The fifth meeting of the EUR/NAT Aviation Security Training Center (ASTC) Directors (ASTCD/05) was held in Paris, France on 12 and 13 March 2019.

Today, 8 March 2019, the ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office staff and the ECAC staff celebrated together the International Women’s Day.

​The last training course Managing Compliance with ICAO SARPs for CAA Senior and Middle Managers organized in the EUR/NAT Regions was held on 4 March to 7 March, 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Under ICAO's global initiative “No Country Left Behind” (NCLB), the ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office developed a Technical Assistance Programme (EUR/NAT TAP).

The NAT 2030 Vision Workshop was held at the ICAO EUR/NAT Office, in Paris, France from 29 to 30 January 2019. The workshop was attended by representatives from 15 States, 9 International and Regional Organizations and 5 Aviation related Industries.

An ICAO Coordinated Validation Mission was conducted in Podgorica, Montenegro from 21 to 29 January 2019, under the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme Continuous Monitoring Approach.

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 21 to 25 January 2019.

​Under ICAO's global initiative "No Country Left Behind" (NCLB), the ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office developed a Technical Assistance Programme (EUR/NAT TAP).

The VOLCEX18 Debrief, VOLCEX19 Planning and VOLCEX/SG/14 Meetings were held in Napoli, Italy from 15 to 17 January 2019.