1. Introduction and web links
2021 has been designated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as the Year of Security Culture (YOSC).
The YOSC initiative aims to raise security awareness and promote a positive security culture in aviation operations across the world. It seeks to encourage and facilitate the enhancement of security behaviours and practices, focusing on the principle that security is everyone's responsibility – from the ground up and top-down.
The ICAO Security Culture Website contains further information on the YOSC. Also included on the platform is a wealth of security culture resources and downloadable material from ICAO, States and industry, such as:
2. Activities in ICAO EUR/NAT Regions
ICAO EUR/NAT conducted Regional Security Culture Seminar from 30 June to 1 July 2021 virtually. The presentations and recording are available here
State campaigns/initiatives
3. YOSC activities
Global activities
The YOSC requires global efforts and actions. ICAO is happy to help promote and report on applicable security culture activities through its Events Calendar
Regional activities
- EUR/NAT AVSEC meeting (ENAVSECG) – is held annually: next ENAVSECG/09 will take place from 6-10 December 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland (tbc) or virtually (if F2F not possible)
- AVSEC East Seminar – is held annually
- ECHO Initiative – is held once or twice per year: next ECHO/3 meeting will take place on 7-8 October 2021
- Regional AVSEC Training Centres Directors meeting (ASTCD) – is held annually
All the events are regularly updated on the ICAO EUR/NAT Events Schedule website.
4. EUR/NAT statistics
EUR/NAT States keep on contributing to the YOSC by providing a variety of contributions (e.g. articles, training material etc.) that could be viewed at https://www.icao.int/Security/Security-Culture/Pages/Articles.aspx.
5. Contact
If you wish to obtain further details or inform about your activities please contact icaoeurnat@icao.int and the ICAO YOSC Team yosc@icao.int.
