United States’ authorities and ECAC Coordinating Committee discuss strategic cooperation

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Paris, 12 May 2022 - Coordinating Committee members met with senior United States' representatives from the State Department, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Security Administration for the first time since 2019, having since then met by videoconference during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussions reaffirmed the close cooperation between ECAC and the US authorities across the range of aviation domains, with a particular emphasis on ambitions and expectations for the 41^st ICAO Assembly, recovery from the COVID-related disruption, and the impact on aviation following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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New Coordinating Committee member

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Paris/hybrid, 11 May 2022 - During DGCA/158, Oleksandr Bilchuk (DGCA Ukraine), was appointed by acclamation as a new member of the ECAC Coordinating Committee.

Directors General discuss strategic priorities and appoint a new Coordinating Committee member

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Paris/hybrid, 11 May 2022 - ECAC’s Directors General of Civil Aviation gathered in Paris for their 158^th meeting, joined by observers from the European Commission, EASA, EUROCONTROL, ICAO and JAA TO.

Ahead of the ICAO High-level Meeting on the feasibility of a long-term aspirational goal (HLM-LTAG) in July and the 41^st ICAO Assembly in September and October, a significant share of the discussions focused on Europe’s ambitions on environmental matters.

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First stakeholders’ workshop on sustainable aviation fuels

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10 May 2022 - A kick-off workshop aimed at feeding into the SAF best practice document was organised to identify barriers for SAF supply-and-use reporting, and claiming of CO₂ reductions under different jurisdictions or schemes. The event welcomed representatives of IATA, ISCC - the sustainability certification scheme, and Fuels Europe, and featured inputs on regulatory developments from representatives of ECAC Member States France, Norway and the United Kingdom.

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Understanding electrofuels: aviation and the environment webinar

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4 May 2022 - The tenth monthly ECAC familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment was dedicated to understanding electrofuels (also known as synthetic aviation fuels, power-to-liquid (PtL) or e-fuels) – a type of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) promoted by some ECAC Member States and the ReFuelEU regulatory proposal.

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Austria hosts Best Practices for National Auditors – Level 1 training course

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Vienna, 25-29 April 2022 - Aviation security auditors from Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova and Slovakia gained a better understanding of their roles, powers and responsibilities as national auditors and strengthened their knowledge and competence in conducting national compliance monitoring activities, at this Best Practices for National Auditors – Level 1 training course. The training introduced the participants to inspection/audit methodology and techniques as well as to debriefing techniques, compliance assessment and report writing.

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