On the 9th meeting of the ICAO EUR Regional Expert Safety Team

The Interstate Aviation Committee took part in 9th meeting of the ICAO EUR Regional Expert Safety Team (IE-REST/09). The meeting organized by ICAO European and North Atlantic Office with the framework of Georgia Aviation Authorities was held in Tbilisi on June 15. It was preceded by a two-day workshop on collection, classification and analysis of aviation safety events. Over 50 experts from 13 states, 4 international organizations, representatives from aviation industry took part in the meeting. 

During the workshop, participants shared best practices iin the field of collection, analysis and protection of information on aviation events. Presentations were made by representatives of ICAO, FAA (USA), Georgia Aviation Authority, Russian Aviation Authority, National Bureau of Air Accident Investigation (NBAAI) of Ukraine, IATA, IFALPA, Eurocontrol, and etc.

During the IE-REST/09 meeting, the results of the work of the groups on flight crew training, runway safety, flight safety data collection, systematization, and analysis, helicopter flight safety, CFIT incident prevention, and ATM safety were reviewed. The Interstate Aviation Committee presented working and informational documents on the progress of aviation safety initiatives and the level of aviation safety in civil aviation in the States parties to the Agreement on Civil Aviation and Use of Airspace. Further ways for implementing the developed aviation safety initiatives at the regional level were outlined, and material was prepared for the report at the ICAO EUR/NAT Coordinating Council.     

The IE-REST Team was established in 2013 at the initiative of the ICAO European and North Atlantic Office to support the development and implementation of initiatives and measures to improve aviation safety in the part of the ICAO European Region that is not regulated by the European Commission and EASA, in accordance with the goals and objectives of the Regional Aviation Safety Group-EUR (RASG-EUR).

Initiatives and measures to enhance aviation safety are currently being implemented by coordinated efforts of international and regional organizations, regulatory authorities in cooperation with service providers, airlines and aircraft manufacturers.

The next meeting of the Team is scheduled to be held in Baku (Azerbaijan) in early October 2017.