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Capt. Sami Al Bassam, Flight Operations Inspector from Saudi Arabia GACA, and
Eng. Abdullah O. Rajab Al Ojayli, Assistant Director General for Safety, Civil Aviation Affairs,
Sultanate of Oman.
Indeed, they accepted the invitation to attend 8th SCM, in order to assess the potential benefits of
COSCAP-GS program, to their respective CAAs; of Saudi Arabia and Sultanate of Oman.
1.
The Agenda of the meeting, which had been circulated to members in advance, was adopted by the
meeting. The meeting was divided into two parts: a) an open session to be attended by the Steering
Committee Members and observers; and b) a closed session to be attended only by the Steering
Committee Members. Accordingly, the Steering Committee proposed to keep certain topics for
discussion in the closed session meeting to be convened at the last part of the second day of the
meeting.
The summary of discussions below is consistent with the order of the adopted agenda, as follows:
2.
Review of Action Taken on the Decisions of the 7th Steering Committee Meeting
SC8/DP1
The meeting noted the presentation provided by COSCAP-GS Project Coordinator (PC) on the Record
of Discussions of the 7th SCM, including actions taken on various items in the intervening period:
1) Cooperation with Top Level Safety Team (TLST) actions:
Indeed, under the umbrella of Cairo ICAO Regional office, COSCAP-GS undertook, during
2011, several tasks and contributed actively to the group work, such on:
i. the performance of the Gap Analysis study for 5 States from the MID region, and
ii. the development of Risk Mitigation strategies related tools for the purpose of
awareness raising and training. In cooperation with TLST, COSCAP-GS PC drafted 30 DVD
with various guidance and training tools on Risk Mitigation Strategies, and disseminated
them to interested regulators and to the industry.
2) State Safety Plan:
Such as requested during the 7th SCM, actions on the development and implementation of
the related tools were added to the program.
A regulatory text as well as several associated working procedures were drafted and
transmitted to the members, on April and May 2011, for comments.
Two SSP/SMS training events are under planning, in cooperation with ICAO and WFP for
December 2011 and March 2012.
Further assistance is proposed to the member States in terms of implementation on site.
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a Foreign Operator Certification Forum (event hosted in Abu Dhabi on May 2011, in
cooperation with EASA);
ii. an Introduction to Performance Based Navigation (PBN, RNP/AR) Course for
Airworthiness Inspectors (planned for 3rd quarter 2012), in addition to the course held in
Abu Dhabi, on March 2011 for the flight Ops, and
iii. an Inspector Basic Course, suitable as an introduction for new Airworthiness and Flight
Operations Inspectors (to be planned for 2nd quarter 2012).
The P.C. also presented the work load, planning and list of activities/achievements (refer to
SC8/DP1), such as revised according to the decisions of the 7th SCM (held on September 2010, in
Dubai) and to other additional requirements.
3.
Review of the work program, such as revised by the Project Coordinator (PC), (refer to
SC8/DP1, here attached)
The PC presented the work plan revised for 2011-2015, the tasks already performed as well as the
on-going and future ones.
The methodology for preparing the plan was discussed, with reference to the immediate objectives,
resources and constraints.
The PC also provided the meeting with information on the concept of evolving the COSCAP to
Regional Safety Oversight Organisation (RSOO) to be considered for the future.
She also informed the meeting on ICAO Symposium on RSOO (Montral, 26-28 October 2011).
During the presentation, she put the emphasis on the following:
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Actions for the purpose of COSCAP-GS program extension to additional member States in
the MID region;
Planning of events (training sessions, workshops, seminars, ..) for 2011/2012 period;
Finally, the P.C. presented the program for the coming terms:
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Short-term 2011/2012: consisting in the completion of the regulatory basis and the basic
training program;
Long-term, beginning 2015: Actions of the CAA(s) under the umbrella of an RSOO.
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4.
The PC provided a briefing on COSCAP-GS website, and proposed its total redesign by outsourcing
the tasks to a relevant company, skilled in the matter.
The emphasis was placed on the secure access of the members, necessity to communicate via a
Forum, and link to significant portals.
The deliverables contents and events details will be displayed and regularly updated online. The web
site will enable a better interaction and optimization of the daily communication between the
members.
Action item:
The new designed web site to be online at end 2011;
The members agreed on the outsourcing tasks.
5.
Regulation Harmonization
The PC proposed the principle of a Cross-Reference-Table, which is under drafting for Part M
regulation. It is a new tool, enabling more efficient and optimized revision of the regulatory
documents by member States.
Indeed, the cross-reference table shows for each regulatory provision, the reference to ICAO SARPS
and EASA regulations, thus, enabling, the member States to easily make the changes/revisions.
Action item:
6.
The P.C. to finalize the table for a presentation to member States before end December
2011.
ICAO MID regional office on ICAO new initiatives
The Director of ICAO MID Regional Office presented the organization for the upcoming RASG-MID
and emphasized the importance of cooperation of COSCAP-GS and MEASR (Top Level Safety Team
(TLST)) within RASG-MID.
He also delivered a presentation on Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA) and informed the
meeting about the RASG-MID/1 meeting planned for September 2011 and the Runway safety
workshop planned for November/December 2011, both in Cairo.
7.
The presentation gave an overall reminder of the factors that pushed to a longer use of Aged
aircraft. It also explained FAA safety standards and policies when inspecting aging aircraft.
8.
EASA provided a comprehensive presentation of its policies in terms of Third Country Operators
surveillance, as well as the content of TCO-NPA, which was under comments period.
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9.
UAE provided a briefing on the GCAA-developed ROSI occurrence reporting system. The benefits of
an end-user developed system over complicated and less tailored programs, such as European Coordination Centre for Aviation Incident Reporting Systems (ECCAIRS) were discussed. The GCAA will
make the ROSI system available to Member States for evaluation. The possibility of a shared
reporting system was discussed.
10.
Boeing Director for Africa and Middle East, M. Chamsou Andjorin, presented Boeing's approach to
aviation safety through a high level strategy (Global Aviation Safety Roadmap), regional
perspectives, at the country level and Boeing initiatives. The presentation was included in the
Steering Committee Meeting document. Boeing offers a global approach to aviation safety through
multiple regional programs, such as the combination of efforts between RASG-MID, TLST and
COSCAP-GS. Boeing's support of COSCAP initiatives was detailed.
He also showed accident rates worldwide (e.g of MID region with 2.0% from 2.6% in the previous
years)
The PC thanked Boeing for a most complete briefing and for their generous support of aviation
safety initiatives in general and COSCAP-GS programs in particular.
11.
Airbus provided a comprehensive presentation that included runway excursion at landing, which is
the first source of claims for aviation industry, and how to reduce this risk through innovative
avionics. The presentation described also ROPS, which is already available solution on Airbus fleet.
12.
CAST team provided an insightful presentation on aviation safety data analysis and risk mitigation
strategies employed by the CAST. The presentation was tailored to the Gulf area, exploring regional
data from the last ten years. CAST offers proven, deliverable strategies that can be expeditiously
deployed in the MID region.
13.
WFP representative provided a briefing on its activities in the region and world-wide. He also
stressed on the inspection and surveillance mission accomplished in the domain of flight safety, and
State Safety Programs.
14.
IATA regional office in Sharjah, was represented by M. Iyad Hindiyeh, who described IATA ISAGO
strategy and policies.
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15.
The PC provided a summation of the open-door session of the meeting. The participants and
sponsors were thanked for their highly informative presentations, their insightful guidance and their
generous support of the COSCAP-Gulf States.
Closed Session Meeting
The closed meeting took place only with COSCAP-GS full members (UAE and Bahrain), ICAO Regional
Director, and the representatives of respectively Oman DGSAS and Saudi Arabia GACA.
16.
17.
The benefits and efficiencies of scale under the COSCAP model were discussed. It was agreed that a
complete plan and budget is now in place and that the Project may now be attractive to other States
in the Area.
A special welcome to Sultanate of Oman was made. Indeed, they already attended several of
COSCAP-GS events since beginning 2011. The member States invited DGSAS of Oman to join officially
COSCAP-GS members.
Oman DGSAS representative asked COSCAP-GS PC to plan a visit to Oman in order to present the
project activities, benefits and advantages to Oman.
As for GACA of Saudi Arabia, they were welcome as a new observer to the project, and kindly invited
to attend COSCAP-GS coming events. Period after which, they will have to provide their thoughts
regarding a possible involvement within COSCAP-GS project.
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Action Items:
The Steering Committee decided that several States in the Gulf region would be invited to evaluate
the potential benefits to their administrations of joining the COSCAP-GS.
18.
19.
The Steering Committee decided that future Steering Committee Meetings will be held on a 6
months-basis. Because of November and December 2011 busy period, the 9th Steering Committee
Meeting will be held in the UAE in February 2012, at a date to be decided as appropriate.
20.
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APPENDIX A
COSCAP-GS _ 8th Steering Committee Meeting
____LIST OF PARTICIPANTS____
SATE
ORGANISATION
NAME
TITLE
COORDINATES
Kingdom of Bahrain
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CAA of Bahrain
Mr. Ahmed
Nemat Ali
CAA of Bahrain
Eng. Adel Al
Sabah
CAA of Bahrain
Mr. Alla
Showaiter
Senior Airworthiness
Inspector.
Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA),
Kingdom of Bahrain
State of Kuwait
4
DGCA of Kuwait
Engineer
Shaheen M.
Al-Ghanim
Aviation Safety
Superintendent
Aviation Safety Department
DGCA of Kuwait
Eng. Saud Al
Mahrous
GCAA
GCAA
Mr. Ismaeil
Mohammed
Al Balooshi
GCAA
P.O. Box 6558 Abu Dhabi, UAE
omar@gcaa.ae
Tel + 971 2 405 4499
Mobile + 971 50 616 7511
GCAA
P.O. Box 30500, Dubai, UAE
United Arab Emirates
ibalooshi@gcaa.ae
Tel + 971 4 211 1510
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ORGANISATION
NAME
TITLE
COORDINATES
GCAA
Cpt. David
Chapman
GCAA
Cpt. Saeed
Rahman
Eng. Abdullah
Al Ojaili
Capt. Sami M.
Al-Bassam
GACA
P.O. Box 6326 Jeddah, 21442
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mobile 0505605391
salbassam@gaca.gov.sa
Sultanate of Oman
10
DGSAS of Oman
Saudi Arabia
11
General
Authority of Civil
Aviation (GACA)
of Saudi Arabia
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)
12
FAA_
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mr. Roy
Barnett
13
FAA _
DC Washington
Mr. Glenn
Michael
Manager, International
Operations
Commercial Aviation Safety
Team (CAST)
Mr. Chamsou
D. Andjorin
BOEING
14
BOEING _ Dubai
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ORGANISATION
EASA _Cologne,
Germany
NAME
TITLE
COORDINATES
Mr. Juan de
Mata Morales
Lpez
International Cooperation
Officer
European Aviation Safety
Agency
Mr. Armand
Jacob
Airbus S.A.S
1, Rond Point Maurice Bellonte
31 707 Blagnac Cedex, France
Mobile + 33 (0) 6 22 10 36 09
Armand.jacob@orange.fr
DGAC - Department of international
cooperation
Director Cooperation Near and
Middle East, South Asia
Tel 33-1-58-09-43-42
Fax 33-1-58-09-40-16
Philippe.lambert@aviationcivile.gouv.fr
International Air Transport
Association
Corniche Al Buhaira, P.O. Box 22663
Sharjah, UAE.
Tel +971 6 572 4228 ext. 111
Fax +971 6 572 4680
hindiyehi@iata.org
Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi
RHill@etihad.ae
16
AIRBUS
Airbus _Toulouse
17
French DGAC
Mr. Philippe
Lambert
International Cooperation_
Middle East Region
French DGAC
18
IATA
Mr. Iyad
Hindiyeh
19
ETIHAD
AIRWAYS
Richard Hill
20
WFP
Mr. Samir
Sajet
Mr. Mohamed
R. M. Khonji
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ORGANISATION
ICAO-TCB
NAME
TITLE
Mrs. Nadia
Konzali
COORDINATES
GCAA
P.O Box 6558
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel + 971 2 405 4267
Mobile + 971 50 32 81 510
nadia.konzali@coscap-icao.org
nkonzali@gmail.com
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