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Strengthening Coordination on Civil Aviation in the Asia Pacific Region

Presented by Singapore Co-sponsors: Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, and Vanuatu

Key Objectives and Interests

• Develop a safe, secure, efficient and sustainable air

transport system for the region and beyond

• Enhanced coordination, cooperation and assistance on

technical and operational matters Views expressed in Past DGCA Conferences

• Considerations / Concerns raised:
• Additional finances, manpower and time, putting further

strain on States;

• Divest resources from ICAO Regional Office
• States may be marginalised and lose representational rights
• Diversity of Asia Pacific region

FUNDAMENTALS

COMMONALITIES OF OTHER REGIONS

African CAC Majority are African Union members with common aviation agenda Arab CAC Common language, culture;, Arab League Latin American CAC Common aviation priorities; majority share a same language European CAC Majority are EU members with supranational authority

Diversity – different from other regions

Diversity in Asia Pacific

Population 10,000 1.37 Billion GDP (USD) 181 million 10.4 Trillion Number

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airports 1 507 Air seats available per week 1,500 12 million USOAP effective implementation 32% 99%

Agreement in Asia Pacific DGCA Conferences

• Support strengthening for existing Asia Pacific civil aviation

structure to be enhanced for better coordination, cooperation and assistance on operational and technical work to further develop the aviation transport system.

• But not developed further…………

Strengthening Asia Pacific Civil Aviation Coordination Framework

• Restructure Asia Pacific DGCA Conference
• Strengthened as central coordination platform to provide guidance on

technical and operational matters and issues of importance to region/ States; strategies for addressing technical assistance for the region

• Strengthen linkages between regional platforms
• Robust technical and operational recommendations from ICAO

working groups for discussion and adoption by the Conference

• Improve coordination with Asia Pacific Montreal Group
• Regular updates especially those with significant impact to region
• Enhance communication links in-between DGCA Conferences
• Virtual, secure platform - improved content, info sharing/exchanges
• Strengthen ICAO Asia and Pacific Regional Office
• Retain alignment with ICAO’s overarching programmes and expert

groups; maintain neutrality with States providing more experts/staff

Strengthening Asia Pacific Civil Aviation Coordination Framework

ICAO Regional Office as enhanced Secretariat Asia Pacific DGCA Conference as central platform Asia Pacific Consultative Link as virtual platform Coordination, cooperation, and assistance

RASG APAN- PIRG RASCF

COS- CAPs

Asia Pacific Montreal Group