The seventeenth Meeting of the Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group & the Seventh Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group - Middle East (MIDANPIRG/17& RASG-MID/7) was successfully held at the Kimpinski Hotel - Cairo-Egypt, from 15-18 April 2019.
Mr. Mohamed Rahma, Regional Director, ICAO Middle East (MID) Regional Office opened the meeting, welcomed all the participants and underlined that the continuing growth of traffic in the MID Region placed increased demand on airspace capacity, which necessitates an optimum utilization of the available airspace and Airports. He highlighted the main MID Region achievements, especially in the air navigation and aviation safety fields, since the MIDANPIRG/16 and RASG-MID/6 meetings and confirmed that these achievements would not have happened without the cooperation and dedication of all stakeholders. Mr. Rahma highlighted also the main challenges the MID Region is facing and emphasized on the necessary commitment and cooperation of all stakeholders to overcome these challenges and achieve the agreed performance targets, in line with GANP, RASG and the MID Region NCLB Strategies.
Eng. Mohamed REJEB, ACAO Air Navigation and Aviation Safety Expert gave a presentation on the Regional Cooperation between ACAO and ICAO MID. In this context, the meeting was apprised of the list of activities organized jointly by ACAO and ICAO MID Office, in accordance with the agreed Regional Cooperation Joint Action Plan for the period 2019-2021. The meeting was informed also about the joint ACAO/ICAO activities planned for the second half of 2019.
The meeting commended the ACAO and ICAO MID Office for joining efforts and improving cooperation between them and with other International Organizations for the benefit of States. The meeting encouraged States to participate actively in the events organized jointly by ACAO and ICAO MID Office.
Eighty-five (85) participants from 11 countries and representatives of nine (09) regional and international organizations and manufacturers attended the meeting.