Videoconference, 7 July 2022 — The seventh meeting of the ECAC/EU Sustainable Aviation Fuels Task Group (SAF-TG) focused on revising the structure of the future SAF guidance document in order to accommodate the incorporation of policy recommendations arising from the SAF Policy Toolkit document developed in 2021 by Clean Skies for Tomorrow, an initiative led by the World Economic Forum.
Videoconference, 6 July 2022 — The ECAC and Clean Skies for Tomorrow Workshop on SAF Reporting and Claiming, organised under ECAC’s Capacity-Building Programme for Environment, focused on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
An ECAC survey on diversity, equity and inclusion was issued in June to the civil aviation administrations of the 44 ECAC Member States. The purpose of this survey is to collect information on the state of play in the civil aviation administrations, and to use the results to identify and share good practices among all Member States. Other diversity-related initiatives have also been launched by the ECAC Secretariat; these include an e-library available to Directors General comprising multiple resources on diversity topics, and reference documents – such as national strategies, European policies, studies and articles – on diversity, equity, inclusion, and mentoring programmes.
15 June 2022 - The third ECAC CORSIA Information Seminar was organised together with the ICAO EUR/NAT office to support States in preparing their aggregated CO2 emissions data before submission to ICAO by the deadline of 31 July 2022. Bringing together 59 environment specialists, the seminar provided a forum to showcase best practices on CORSIA verification implemented by States so that others could learn from their experience.
Amsterdam, 27 June - 1 July 2022 — National auditors from Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia and the Netherlands were introduced to best practices for inspecting and auditing the implementation of various security measures described in ECAC Doc 30, Part II — Security at an ECAC Best Practices for National Auditors – Level 1 training course held in Amsterdam. Instructors from the ECAC Secretariat and from Ireland led the course during which particular attention was paid to sharing best practices on inspecting the screening of passengers and their cabin and hold baggage, including the use of advanced technologies for screening.
27 June 2022 - Representatives of the CEP participating test centres, the deputy chair of the CEP Management Group and the ECAC Secretariat gathered online to exchange information and to prepare for the next meeting of the CEP Management Group (19-20 July 2022).