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Published: 20 June 2023

Videoconference, 20 June 2023 — The 58^th meeting of the ECAC Air Accident and Incident Investigation Group of Experts brought together 70 participants from 25 ECAC Member States, observer States (Israel, Morocco, Singapore), sister regional organisations (Arab Civil Aviation Organization, African Civil Aviation Commission), European Commission, EASA, European Network of Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authorities (ENCASIA), IATA, ICAO, and industry stakeholders.

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Published: 20 June 2023

Baku, 19-20 June 2023 — The first tailored workshop on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) organised for an ECAC Member State was successfully conducted in Baku, hosted by the Civil Aviation Administration of Azerbaijan. The workshop gathered 13 representatives of three ministries (Transport, Energy and Ecology), national airlines, and fuel producers and suppliers.

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Published: 15 June 2023

Videoconference, 14-15 June 2023 — The Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) Study Group met in virtual session to consider the tasks in its 2023 work programme. The participants agreed on a new structure for the EDD documentation, and suggested transferring most of the recent relevant guidance contained in ECAC Doc 30, Part II - Security annexes to the ECAC Aviation Security Handbook. They then reviewed the main EDD guidance document, General Testing Methodology. These proposals will be considered by the Security Programme Management Group.

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Published: 09 June 2023

Paris, 9 June 2023 — The fourth ECAC Sustainable Aviation Fuels Workshop (SAF-WKSHP/4), a custom-made training activity under the ECAC capacity-building programme for environment, was held at ECAC’s offices. This workshop was specifically designed for ECAC Member States in a similar policy context: all of them have, or are developing, a SAF policy (such as the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation under final approval), and are aiming to boost SAF supply at their airports, as well as industrial value chains for national SAF production.

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Published: 08 June 2023

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.

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Published: 08 June 2023

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.