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Provisional calendar of meetings

April 2024

2-5 April: ECAC Quality Assessment Programme Training and Certification (QAP Training/2), Paris

8 April: 14th meeting of the European Coordination Group on Economic matters (ECG-ECO/14), videoconference

11 April: 3rd workshop of the unmanned aircraft systems points of contact, videoconference

15  April: 15th meeting of the European Coordination Group on Aviation Security (ECG-AS/15), Paris

16  April: 67th meeting of the Facilitation Working Group (FAL/67), Paris

16-17 April: 13th meeting of the Aircraft Noise Modelling Task Group (EAEG-AIRMOD/13), Netherlands/hybrid

22  April: 69th meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG/69), videoconference

23-24 April: 49th meeting of the Study Group on Cyber Security in Civil Aviation (CYBER/49), Vienna

24 April: 28th meeting between the Coordinating Committee and the US authorities (CC-US/28), Paris

25 April: 162nd meeting of Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGCA/162), Paris

25-26  April: 22nd meeting of the ECAC Certified Aviation Security Auditors Group (AUD/22), Warsaw/hybrid

29-30 April: 61st meeting of the Guidance Material Task Force (GMTF/61), videoconference

March 2024

12 March: ECAC/ICAO EUR/NAT Workshop on National Air Transportation Facilitation Committees, Athens

12 March: 35th meeting of the European Safety and Air Navigation Coordination Group (ESANCG/35), Brussels

12 March: 60th meeting of the Common Evaluation Process (CEP) of security equipment Management Group (CEP-MG/60), Day 1

13 March: 68th meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group – Expanded (EAEG/68), videoconference

13 March: 68th meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group – with stakeholders (EAEG-CAEP/68 STK), videoconference

13 March: 68th meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG-CAEP/68), videoconference

14-15 March: 55th meeting of the Training Task Force (TrTF/55), videoconference

18 March: 73rd meeting of the Facilitation Sub-Group on Persons with Reduced Mobility (FAL-PRM-SG/73), videoconference

18 March: 6th meeting of the Network on Diversity and Inclusion in Civil Aviation (NETD&I/6), videoconference

21 March: 57th meeting of the Facilitation Sub-group on Immigration (FAL-IMMIGRAT-SG/57), videoconference

21 March: 60th meeting of the Common Evaluation Process (CEP) of security equipment Management Group (CEP-MG/60), Day 2

27 March: 200th meeting of the Coordinating Committee (CC/200), Paris

28 March: 72nd meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/72), videoconference

 

February 2024

6 February: ECAC webinar with DGCA Indonesia: WEF Government Policy Toolkit to Accelerate Uptake of Electric and Hydrogen Aircraft

6 February: 16th meeting of the European Coordination Group on Facilitation (ECG-FAL/16), Paris

13 February: 71st meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/71), videoconference

13-14 February: 87th meeting of the Technical Task Force (TTF/87), videoconference

14 February: 23rd familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/23)

15 February: 14th meeting of the European Coordination Group on Aviation Security (ECG-AS/14), videoconference

16 February: 49th meeting of the Legal Task Force (LEGTF/49), videoconference

20 February: 12th meeting of the Facilitation Programme Management Group (FPMG/12), videoconference

20-21 February: 8th Workshop on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (ENV/SAF-T Workshop/8), Skopje

26 February: 18th meeting of the EAEG APER Task Group (EAEG-APER-TG/18), videoconference

27-28 February: 41st meeting of the Explosive Detection Dogs Study Group (EDD/41)

28-29 February: 37th meeting of the Behaviour Detection Study Group (BDSG/37), videoconference

28-29 February: 4th ECAC workshop on SAF Action Plans (SAP) and SAF Policy Roadmaps (ENV-WKSHP-SAP/4), Paris

 

January 2024

16 January: 70th meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/70), videoconference

16 January: 15th meeting of the European Coordination Group on Facilitation (ECG-FAL/15), videoconference

16-17 January: 60th meeting of the Guidance Material Task Force (GMTF/60), Dublin

24 January: 22nd Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/22), videoconference

30 January: 48th meeting of the Study Group on Cyber Security in Civil Aviation (CYBER/48), videoconference

31 January-1 February: 41st meeting of the Security Forum (SF/41), Paris

 

December 2023

4 December: Ad hoc meeting of the European Coordination Group on Aviation Security matters (ECG-AS), videoconference

6 December: 21st Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/21)

6 December: 12th Familiarisation Course for Directors General (DG-FAMCOURSE/12), Paris

7 December: 161st meeting of Directors General of Civil Aviation of ECAC Member States (DGCA/161)

 

November 2023


2 November: 199th meeting of the Coordinating Committee (CC/199), Paris

8 November: 69th meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/69), videoconference

9 November: 67th meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG/67), videoconference

13-14 November: 40th meeting of the Explosive Detection Dogs Study Group (EDD/40), Lisbon

14-15 November: 7th SAF tailored workshop (ENV-SAF-T-WKSHP/7), Tirana

14-15 November: 39th meeting of the EAEG Aircraft Noise Modelling Task Group (videoconference)

17 November: 16th meeting of the Economic Working Group (ECO/16), videoconference

20 November: 14th meeting of the European Coordination Group on Facilitation (ECG-FAL/14), videoconference

 

October 2023

3-4 October: 6th SAF tailored workshop (ENV/SAF-T-WKSHP/6), Belgrade

4-5 October: 59th meeting of the Common Evaluation Process (CEP) Management Group (CEP-MG/59), videoconference

5 October: 33rd meeting of the European Safety and Air Navigation Coordination Group (ESANCG/33), videoconference

6 October: 39th meeting of the Study Group on Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD/39), videoconference

9 October: 66th meeting the European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG/66), videoconference

11-12 October: 59th meeting of the Air Accident and Incident Investigation Group of Experts (ACC/59), Paris

11-12 October: 86th meeting of the Technical Task Force (TTF/86), Paris

12 October: 66th meeting of the Facilitation Working Group (FAL/66) videoconference

16-19 October: Pilot Facilitation Quality Assessment Programme (QAP) training course, Paris

19 October: 2nd UAS workshop (UAS-WKSHP/2), videoconference

19-20 October: 40th meeting of the Security Forum (SF/40), Tirana

24-25 October: ECAC/EU Dialogue with the European air transport industry (ECAC/EU-Dialogue), Valencia

25 October: 20th Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/20), videoconference

25 October: 5th meeting of the Network of Communication Specialists (NETCOM/5), Lisbon

26 October: 48th meeting of the Legal Task Force (LEGTF/48), videoconference

30 October: 39th meeting of the Security Programme Management Group (SPMG/39), videoconference

 

September 2023

6 September: 56th meeting of the FAL Sub-Group on Immigration (FAL-IMMIGRAT-SG/56), Paris

7 September: 72nd meeting of the FAL Sub-Group on PRM (FAL-PRM-SG/72), Paris

7 September: 198th meeting of the Coordinating Committee (CC/198), Valletta

7-8 September: 54th meeting of the Training Task Force (TrTF/54), videoconference

7-9 September: 72nd annual Special meeting of Directors General (DGCA (SP)/72), Valletta

8 September: 41st Plenary Session (ECAC/41), Valletta

8 September: 4th meeting with FAL-PRM experts and FAL-PRM SG (FAL-PRM-EXPERT/4), Paris

11 September: 64th European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG/64), Paris/hybrid

12-13 September: 59th meeting of the Guidance Material Task Force (GMTF/59), videoconference

13 September: meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/68), videoconference

19 September: 47th meeting of the Study Group on Cyber Security in Civil Aviation (CYBER/47), videoconference

21 September: 65th European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG/65), videoconference

26-27 September: 5th Behaviour Detection Study Group Research & Development Workshop (BDSG-R&D WKSHP/5), Paris

27-28 September: 36th meeting of the Behaviour Detection Study Group (BDSG/36), Paris/hybrid

28-29 September: 5th SAF tailored workshop (ENV/SAF-T-WKSHP/5), Banja Luka

28-29 September: 5th meeting of the Network on Diversity and Inclusion in civil aviation (NETD&I/5), Paris

 

August 2023

9 August: 38th meeting of the Security Programme Management Group (SPMG/38), videoconference

29-30 August: 21st annual meeting of the ECAC certified aviation security auditors group (AUD/21), Paris

 

July 2023

6 July: 2nd sustainable aviation fuels tailored workshop for Ukraine (ENV/SAF-T-WKSHP/2), videoconference

10 July: 21th meeting of the ad hoc group on the legal status of ECAC (LEGS/21), videoconference

11-12 July: 58th meeting of the Common Evaluation Process of security equipment Management Group (CEP-MG/58), Paris

17 July: 4th meeting of the Network on Diversity and Inclusion in civil aviation (NETD&I/4), videoconference

18 July: 67th meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/67), videoconference

19-20 July: 3rd sustainable aviation fuels tailored workshop (ENV/SAF-T-WKSHP/3), Lisbon

26-27 July: 4th sustainable aviation fuels tailored workshop (ENV/SAF-T-WKSHP/4), Chisinau

June 2023

2 June: 19th meeting of the ad hoc group on the legal status of ECAC (LEGS/19), videoconference

6-8 June: 6th ECAC Environmental Forum (ENVFORUM/6), Paris/hybrid

7-8 June: 35th meeting of the Behaviour Detection Study Group (BDSG/35), videoconference

9 June: 4th Sustainable Aviation Fuels Workshop (ENV/SAF-WKSHP/4), Paris

14-15 June: 38th meeting of the Study Group on Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD/38), videoconference

20 June: 58th meeting of the Air Accident and Incident Investigation Group of Experts (ACC/58), videoconference

21 June: 47th meeting of the Legal Task Force (LEGTG/47), Paris

21-22 June: 85th meeting of the Technical Task Force (TTF/85), Bodø/hybrid

22 June: 66th meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/66), Paris

26 June: 39th meeting of the Security Forum (SF/39), videoconference

27 June: 20th meeting of the ad hoc group on the legal status of ECAC (LEGS/20), videoconference

30 June: 37th meeting of the Security Programme Management Group (SPMG/37), Stockholm

 

May 2023

3-4 May:    57th meeting of the Common Evaluation Process Management Group (CEP-MG/57), Pfinztal

5 May: 4th meeting of the Network of Communication Specialists (NETCOM/4), videoconference

11-12 May: 53rd meeting of the Training Task Force (TrTF/53), Zurich/hybrid

16 May: 13th meeting of the Aviation Security European Coordination Group (ECG-AS/13), Paris

17 May: 5th meeting of the Cyber Security European Coordination Group (ECG-CS/5), Paris

17 May: 11th meeting of the European Coordination Group on Economic matters (ECG-ECO/11) videoconference

23 May: 160th meeting of Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGCA/160), Paris

24 May: 19th Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/19), videoconference

24 May: 1st  Economic Working Group information sharing session (ECO-INFO/1), videoconference

30-31 May: 27th meeting of the ECAC Coordinating Committee and the United States authorities (CC-US/27), Washington DC

 

April 2023

4 April: 197th meeting of the Coordinating Committee (CC/197), Paris

5 April: 3rd meeting of the Network on Diversity and Inclusion in civil aviation (NETD&I/3), videoconference

5-6 April: 38th meeting of the Security Forum (SF/38), videoconference

13 April: 65th meeting of the Facilitation Working Group (FAL/65), Paris

18-19 April: Workshop on screener recruitment, training and certification in a post-COVID environment, Paris

20 April: 6th coordination meeting of the Common Evaluation Process participating test centres (CEP-TC/6), videoconference

25 April: ACC Workshop on the treatment of serious incidents, Bratislava

26 April: 18th Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/18), videoconference

26-27 April: 58th meeting of the Guidance Material Task Force (GMTF/58), Paris/hybrid

26-27 April: 46th meeting of the Study Group on Cyber Security in Civil Aviation (CYBER/46), Madrid

28 April: 18th meeting of the ad hoc group on the legal status of ECAC (LEGS/18), videoconference

 

March 2023

8-9 March: 52nd meeting of the Training Task Force (TrTF/52), online

9 March: 3rd ECAC Workshop on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (ENV-SAF-WKSHP/3), online

9 March: 55th meeting of the Facilitation Sub-Group on Immigration (FAL-IMMIGRAT-SG/55), online

13 March: 12th European coordination group on aviation security matters (ECG-AS/12), online

23 March: 59th meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group (EAEG/59), online

23 March: 8th meeting of the Network of Chief Economists (NCE/8), Paris

24 March: 15th meeting of the Economic Working Group (ECO/15), Paris

29 March: 17th Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/17), online

30 March: 46th meeting of the Legal Task Force (LEGTF/46), online

 

February 2023

8-9 February: 56th meeting of the Common Evaluation Process Management Group (CEP-MG/56), online

13 February: Informal meeting of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) contacts, Paris

14 February: 2nd Steering Committee meeting to prepare the ECAC/EU Dialogue, online

15 February: 65th meeting of the ECAC Medium-Term Objectives Task Force (EMTO/65), online

15-16 February: 84th meeting of the Technical Task Force (TTF/84), online

20 February: ECAC-ICAO EUR/NAT regional workshop on assistance to aircraft accident victims and their families, Milan

22 February: 58th meeting of the European Aviation and Environment Working Group – Expanded (EAEG/58-EXP), online

22 February: 16th Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/16), online

22-23 February: 34th meeting of the Behaviour Detection Study Group (BDSG/34), online

23 February: 71st meeting of the Facilitation Sub-group on Persons with Reduced Mobility (FAL-PRM-SG/71), online

28 February: 2nd meeting of the Network on Diversity and Inclusion in civil aviation (NETD&I/2), videoconference

 

January 2023

11 January: 1st meeting of the Steering Committee to prepare the 12th ECAC/EU Dialogue with the European air transport industry, videoconference

17-18 January: 57th meeting of the Guidance Material Task Force (GMTF/57), videoconference

18-20 January: 37th meeting of the Explosive Detection Dogs Study Group (EDD/37), videoconference

23 January: 12th meeting of the EAEG Sustainable Aviation Fuels Task Group (SAFTG/12), videoconference

25 January: 15th Familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment (ENV-FAMWEB/15), videoconference

26-27 January: 45th meeting of the Study Group on Cyber Security in Civil Aviation (CYBER/45), videoconference

31 January - 1 February: 17th meeting of the ad hoc group on the legal status of ECAC (LEGS/17), Paris


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Calendar of events and meetings

Download here the provisional calendar of ECAC meetings for 2024 (issue 15 December 2023), by field of activity.

Please note this calendar is for information purposes only, dates and locations may change.