ICAO METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE MODEL (IWXXM) IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOP
Weather information used in international air navigation is currently exchanged as products directly used by airline operators (e.g. dispatch, pilot).
In the future, this same weather information will be exchanged using the ICAO…
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WORKSHOP ON SIGMET COORDINATION FOR PT/EAST STATES
SIGMET (Significant Meteorological Information) – Information issued by a meteorological watch office concerning the occurrence or expected occurrence of specified en-route weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft…
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REGIONAL AND INTER-REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION SECURITY
Countering terrorism in civil aviation is of utmost importance, as many recent sad events, such as the Metrojet incident and the Brussels and Istanbul airport attacks, have once again demonstrated. Terrorism is not a national or regional…
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ICAO PREPARATION FOR THE ITU WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 2019
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a global mechanism for regulating the allocation of the scarce radio frequency resource to various users. The Conferences are held every three to…
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VOLCANIC ASH EXERCISE IN KAMCHATKA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION – VOLKAM17
The European Air Navigation Planning Group (EANPG) Programme Coordinating Group (COG) established the Volcanic Ash Exercises Steering Group for the (far) Eastern part of the EUR Region in 2010 in order to increase awareness and initiate…
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WORKSHOP ON COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND ENGINEERING PERSONNEL
The ICAO EUR/NAT Office, in cooperation with Eurocontrol, the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) and the International Federation of Air…
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ICAO EUR/NAT NO COUNTRY LEFT BEHIND PROGRAMME GAINS MOMENTUM
The ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office carried out four specific No Country Left Behind (NCLB) related projects aimed at improving safety of civil aviation in the Region.
The first event, jointly organized by ICAO, IATA, the United States…
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ENVIRONMENT AND THE EUR/NAT REGION FOCUS ON ICAO STATE ACTION PLAN INITIATIVE
For the past seven years, ICAO has been working on a comprehensive strategy to strengthen national capacities on environment protection and, specifically, to reduce the impact of international aviation on climate change. This includes…
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CIVIL AVIATION AND UAS – RPAS – DRONES
The developments in unmanned aviation have evolved at a far greater speed than those for manned aviation and the assumption that UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) or “Drones” are only operated in…
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