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AFCAC - African Civil Aviation Commission

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Introduction to current initiatives forco-operation across Africa

27 – 28 February 2019Kigali, Rwanda

Presented by: AFCAC Lead Institution on Joint & Prioritized Action Plan for

sustainable Air Transport development in Africa

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AFCAC - African Civil Aviation Commission 2

2. Updated Prioritized Action Plan

1. Introduction – SAATM & Prioritized Action Plans

Introduction – SAATM


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SAATMüAU Agenda 2063 flagship project.üLaunched by the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government on 29th January 2018 in Addis Ababa during its 30th Ordinary Session

SAATMProvides for the liberalization of scheduled and non-scheduled air transport services within Africa by full

implementation of the YD.

Currently there are 28 SAATM States.

Introduction – SAATM Prioritized Action Plans


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March 2018 –Consultation meeting with the aviation industry

stakeholders in Abidjan developed a joint prioritized action plan for 2018-2019 (Abidjan Prioritized Action Plan)

January 2019 –2nd Consultation meeting on implementation of the

prioritized action plan for Operationalisation SAATM 2018 –2019.

Development of the Revised Prioritized Action Plan 2019-2020 (Revised Prioritized Action Plan)

Revised Prioritized Action Plan


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2019-2020


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Pillar 1No

Objectives/Outcomes

Activities Timeline Lead Agency Supporting Agencies

PILLAR 1 : ADVOCACY FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATIONALISATION OF THE SAATM

Advocacy and Communication strategies. At least 10 new states subscribe to the SAATM by end of 2019 and all by Jan 2021 (Commencement of 2nd phase of PIDA)

Participation at RECs Ministerial and/or Heads of States Meetings to advocate for more states to join SAATM Cont AUC/

AFCACAFCAC, RECs, AFRAA

Appointing of regional champions 19-Apr AUC AFCAC, RECs

Consultation meeting by AFRAA /African Airlines on the establishment of SAATM Cont AFRAA

Joint Advocacy on Benefits of SAATM through Campaigns, Workshops and Focus Groups across States and Airlines Cont AFCAC

IATA/AFRAA/AAIG, WB (AUC to request for funding)

Development of Communication Strategy to support Advocacy on Activities of AFCAC and EA (Magazines, website to be developed, etc.) and IT tools

2019 AFCACAfDB, WB (AUC to request the fund), EU, Others

High level meeting between AFCAC and policy makers of Non SAATM states. 2019 AFCAC AUC, RECs, AFRAA

Capacity building on the Regulatory Instruments of the YD to States and RECs 2019 AFCAC AUC, RECs, AFRAA

Completion of the 55-country study on the benefits of the full implementation of SAATM and the finalization and execution of the SAATM Implementation Road Map.

2019AUC IATA


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Pillar 2

Ensure availability of appropriate policy documents and regulations for the oversight of the SAATM. Member States and RECs are sensitized on the YD Texts

Elaboration of the Dispute settlement mechanism 19Dec AUC AFCAC

Consideration of arbitration tribunal End 2020 AUC

Validation and dissemination of the External Policy Guidelines and Binding Clauses for negotiation of air services agreements with non-African states and regions

Jul-19 AUC States

Dissemination of the YD institutional and Regulatory Texts Q2 2019 AFCAC AUC, RECs,

Partners

Updating of the Common African Civil Aviation Policy (AFCAP) and Sensitization Program.

End 2019 AFCAC WB

Formulation of operational regulations and procedures for SAATM

End 2019 AFCAC. AUC, AfDB

Dissemination workshops on consumer protection, competition regulations and dispute settlement to member states, RECs and African Airlines

End 2019 AFCAC

AUC, RECs, AFRAA, Stakeholders

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Objectives/Outcomes Activities Timeline Lead Agency Supporting Agencies

PILLAR 2 : SAATM REGULATORY FRAMEWORK


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Pillar 3

Capacity Strengthening of implementing entities.Harmonization of policies on aeronautical related taxes and charges and other non-tariff barriers

Resource mobilization and capacity strengthening of the Executing Agency –AFCAC

Mid 2019 AUC AfDB, WB

Capacity building measures on Economic oversight of the SAATM

Q3 2019 AFCACAfDB, ICAO, RECs WB,States

Joint Airlines Workshop focused on SAATM Regulatory texts Cont AFRAA AUC/AFCAC/IATA-Africa

Organize advocacy meetings with multi-sectoral entitiesAs of March 2019 -Continuous

AUC AfDB, RECs, AFCAC

Capacity building and Joint Advocacy of ICAO Policies on Taxes, Charges and Fees

Q3 2019 –Continuous AFCAC

ICAO, AFRAA, IATA/RECs, ASECNA, AfDB, WB

Development of operational Manuals and for the operationalization of the Executing Agency

Q3 2019 AFCAC AfDB

Expand the WB study on taxes, fees and charges to cover all RECs.

Q3 2019 AfDB RECs, IATA, ICAO, AFCAC

Monitoring and Evaluation Expand the WB study on taxes, fees and charges to cover

all RECs.Q2 2019 AfDB RECs, IATA,

ICAO, AFCAC

Facilitate Airline cooperation and adoption Sensitization of African airlines on the benefits of SAATM 2 meetings in AFRAA

IATA, AFCAC , Aircraft

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PILLAR 3 : OPERATIONALISATION OF SAATM


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Pillar 4No


PILLAR 4 : AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE

Planning for future traffic growth

Scope study for the elaboration of the TOR of the Continental Aviation Infrastructure Master Plan and its development

2019AUC NEPAD,ICAO, RECs

Develop a continental master plan for aviation professionals.

2019AFCAC ICAO, AATO, RECs

Single African Sky Architecture is established

Continental Cost-benefit analysis of SBAs implementation in Africa

19-Dec

AUC

AFCAC ICAO, ANSPs from each RECs, IATA, AFRAA

Facilitate a platform for all RECs to benchmark with ASECNA, Roberts FIR, etc. 2019AFCAC

RECs, ASECNA, ICAO, ANSPs from each REC, Champion DGs. EU


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Pillar 5

All SAATM countries meet the Abuja safety targets (>=60 EI)

Technical Assistance to States under the 60% effective implementation level to meet the Abuja safety targets

Cont AFCAC

ICAO, AfDB. AFI Safety Plan (States other than SAATM)

Technical assistance and support to airlines in SAATM and Non SAATM states to achieve and maintain ISSA/IOSA certification.

Balance of non IOSA airlines in SAATM

IATA AFRAA, AFCAC Host one

IOSA workshop in AfricaTechnical Assistance for the effective

operations of Regional Safety Oversight Organisations (RSOO)

Cont AFCAC EU/ICAO/RSOOs

Technical Assistance to States to meet the Windhoek aviation security targetsWindhoek security

and facilitation targets implemented

SAATM States are yet to meet the WindhoekTargets

75% of SAATM States achieve at least 70% EI of SARPs by 2020

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Objectives/Outcomes Activities TimelineLead Agency

Supporting Agencies

Monitoring Mechanism/KPI

PILLAR 5 : ENHANCING SAFETY AND SECURITY


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Pillar 6No


PILLAR 6 : AVIATION FINANCING

Access to sustainable Funding

Organise a conference of development partners of the aviation sector for resource mobilization.

End 2019 NPCA AUC

Feasibility for the creation of a leasing platform for African airlines

Q3 2019 AfDB

AFRAA, IATA, Prospective Private Investors.


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THANK YOU!Q&A

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