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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
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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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Objectives/Outcomes Activities Timeline Lead Agency Supporting Agencies
PILLAR 3 : OPERATIONALISATION OF SAATM
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Pillar 4No
Objectives/Outcomes Activities Timeline Lead Agency Supporting Agencies
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
Objectives/Outcomes Activities Timeline Lead Agency Supporting Agencies
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
For more information;
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