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ANC/13

& GA40

at ICAO

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A look back at the ICAO 13 Air Navigation Conference
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and A look forward to the 40 General Assembly

The 13th Air Navigation Conference
(ANC/13) was held in Montreal 9-19
October 2018. The upcoming 40th
ICAO General Assembly (GA40) will BY CAPTAIN MIKE JACKSON
be held from 24 September to 4 Oc- IFALPA Technical Director &
tober 2019. The reason for informing wide reaching, representing Panel and Representative to ICAO
you about these two important high Committee members from nearly all
level ICAO meetings in the same ar- the IFALPA Committees. The focus of
ticle is that, for the first time, they are the ANC/13 revolved around three
linked together in an effort to forecast areas: the Global Air Navigation Plan
the needs of the ICAO triennium work (GANP), the Global Air Safety Plan
program in advance of the GA. (GASP), and Emerging Issues. Overall,
the International Aviation Community
Historically, the superseding trien- has become more comfortable with
nial budget and work program were the GANP and the GASP. The next
determined simultaneously at the triennium should be spent more on
General Assembly within the Techni- proper implementation through guid-
cal Committee and the Administra- ance material, workshops, toolkits, and
tive Commission. This process did oversight. There was also wide agree-
not work effectively to set the correct ment that the GANP, GASP, and the
appropriations for the future technical Global Aviation Security Plan (GASeP)
priorities and challenges facing ICAO. need to be interlinked and taken as a
By holding the ANC/13 in 2018, ICAO package.
can more reliably predict, fund, and
develop its future work program lead- IFALPA collaborated with our industry
ing up to GA40. colleagues on several Working Papers
and all were received with support
IFALPA was represented at the ANC/13 from States:
by EVP TSS Captain Patrick Magisson, WP63-ICAO Runway Safety
Representative to ICAO Captain Mike Programme, Global Runway Safety
Jackson, and Senior Technical Officer Action Plan
Carole Couchman. Those involved
in the development of the propos- WP168-Concepts to enable Drone
als presented at the Conference were Operations to Seamlessly Integrate
with Air Traffic Management

WP169-Considerations About
Cybersecurity in Aviation