EUROPEAN CIVIL AVIATION CONFERENCE - CONFÉRENCE EUROPÉENNE DE L'AVIATION CIVILE

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

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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Network of Chief Economists agrees on future focus

21 April 2022 - The members of the ECAC Network of Chief Economists (NCE) met virtually to consider the implementation of the group’s 2022 work programme. Participants shared updates on statistical information and economic studies related to civil aviation in general, and in particular focused their attention on the impact of the current crises (COVID-19, war in Ukraine).

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CEP Management Group agrees on roadmap

20-21 April 2022 - The ECAC Common Evaluation Process (CEP) Management Group concluded the discussions on the draft CEP roadmap 2022-2024 at its 53rd meeting, held online in April. Other topics covered at the meeting included finding feasible solutions for equipment manufacturers whose supply chain of potential critical elements could be impacted by the war in Ukraine, and progress made on the tray equivalence protocol and the appropriate designation for each tray.

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Cyber security training for national auditors

19-21 April 2022 - A Best Practices for National Auditors – Cyber Security (Basic) training course was organised online for national auditors from the Czech Republic and Finland.

The purpose of the course was to strengthen the auditors’ understanding of common cyber threats to civil aviation, possible cyber attack on critical aviation systems scenarios, and cyber security measures, and to include this component in their national compliance monitoring activities.

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Task force endorses guidance material

Paris/videoconference, 12-13 April 2022 - Guidance on performance-based oversight: concepts and principles for best practices; Guidance on best practices for procedures for achieving one-stop security with another ECAC Member State; and Guidance material on screening liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) - revised ECAC Doc 30, Part II, Annex IV-4-E, were endorsed at the 55th meeting of the Guidance Material Task Force.

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