Eurocontrol Assess Progress of Its ANSP Safety Management Systems

Eurocontrol met this past week with representatives from eight European air navigation service providers (ANSPs) to assess their progress on complying with a new Single European Sky directive that requires that their safety management systems be examined.

The two-day review meeting looked at how well the ANSPs have implemented their safety management systems, and what additional steps need to be undertaken to ensure that they will meet the certification criteria by the end of the year.  Participants at the meeting included ANSP representatives from Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Armenia, Slovenia, Malta, and Cyprus.

Eurocontrol has been working closely with the ANSPS over the past year to prepare them for this process.  Four working sessions and six training courses were conducted on safety issues during this period and more than 120 persons were trained.

Over the next year, Eurocontrol will organize another five working sessions on various aspects of safety management systems, and will deliver another 10 training sessions.

"The aim of this project is to ensure a rapid yet thorough implementation of safety management systems in Europe," according to Gilles Le Galo, who is managing the project.  Mr. Le Galo added that Eurocontrol is also using the working sessions to develop a Eurocontrol Generic Safety Management Manual that will be on its Website by June 2006.  01-14-2006.

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