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First cyber training course in 2023

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Videoconference, 10-12 January 2023 — Aviation security auditors from Malta, the Netherlands, North Macedonia and Ukraine attended an ECAC Best Practices for National Auditors – Cyber Security (basic) course conducted in virtual format. The three-day course provided these auditors with a better understanding of ECAC Doc 30, Part II – Security recommendations on cyber security, including identification of critical aviation systems and data, and measures aimed at protecting these critical systems and data against cyber threats.

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Preparations begin for the 2023 ECAC/EU Dialogue with the air transport industry

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Videoconference, 11 January 2023 — The steering committee established to prepare the 2023 ECAC/EU Dialogue with the European air transport industry held its first meeting in January. This year’s Dialogue on sustainability in aviation will be held in Valencia, Spain, on 24 and 25 October. It will focus on the social, environmental and economic priorities surrounding sustainability.

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News from the Secretariat

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Angela Lynch joins the ECAC Secretariat as a policy coordinator covering economics, facilitation, legal issues and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) after six years at the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority in its Strategy and Policy Department. Prior to that, Angela worked on international financial services policy and inward investment. At the UK CAA she developed experience of the aviation sector from a regulatory perspective, working most recently in innovation policy covering developments in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and advanced air mobility operations.

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ECAC validates a new training course on risk management

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Belgrade, 13-15 December 2022 — A Best Practices for Risk Management in Aviation Security pilot course was organised in Belgrade for eight aviation security experts from Serbia, with a contribution from an experienced instructor from Ireland. The course comprised two groups of modules: through a combination of theoretical training, discussions and table-top exercises, the core modules familiarised participants with existing and emerging threats to aviation, current trends and the risk management process, including an example of a risk assessment methodology.

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Joint ECAC/EU environment groups consider policy options to promote SAF and develop guidance

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Videoconference, 1 and 15 December 2022 — The members of the ad hoc ECAC/EU Sustainable Aviation Fuels Task Group (SAFTG) gathered for their 11th meeting on 1 December to consider the final review and endorsement of the ECAC/EU SAF guidance material that had been developed by the group from December 2021. The group agreed to include a final section in the guidance summarising the key policy recommendations, and to incorporate an executive summary at the beginning of the document.

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Directors General review 2022 activities and future priorities at their end-of-year meeting

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Paris, 7 December 2022 — Directors General of Civil Aviation gathered for their 159th meeting (DGCA/159) to analyse the main outcomes of the 41st ICAO Assembly, to discuss the preparations for the ICAO Council elections in 2025, to hear updates on recent European developments, and to review the status of implementation of ECAC’s activities in the current year and the work priorities for the next year in the following domains: external relations, safety and accident investigations, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), aviation security, environment (including capacity-building activities), facilitation, economic, legal, communication, and diversity in civil aviation.

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