Videoconference, 7-8 June 2023 — The ECAC Behaviour Detection Study Group met online to discuss progress made towards completing the group's 2023 work programme. In particular, progress in addressing mentoring requests from three ECAC Member States, and the organisation of the Behaviour Detection Research and Development workshop in September 2023, were highlighted.
Paris and online, 6-8 June 2023 — Climate change mitigation and steps towards achieving the 2050 net-zero CO2 aspirational goal for international aviation (LTAG) agreed at the 41st ICAO Assembly in 2022 were the focus of the sixth ECAC Environmental Forum, held in Paris.
Bas Jacobs joins the ECAC Secretariat as a trainee from the Netherlands to support the activities of the group on the legal status of ECAC (LEGS). Bas is the Secretariat’s first trainee and will work directly with the Executive Secretary Patricia Reverdy as his mentor. Currently, he is pursuing an advanced LL. M in Air and Space Law at Leiden University, for which he expects to graduate in August 2023.
Washington DC, 30-31 May 2023 — Members of the ECAC Coordinating Committee were welcomed by representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Transportation (DOT) and State Department. The two-day meeting in Washington DC (CC-US/27) was held to exchange information on a broad array of key issues ranging from aviation security, innovative technologies and commercial space, to transatlantic cooperation and furthering the sustainable aviation agenda.
Warsaw, 23-26 May 2023 — A four-day Best Practices for National Auditors – Level 2 (BPNA-2) training course was organised for ten aviation security auditors from the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine (SAAU). The course was hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Poland and took place in Warsaw.