Collaboration and Alignment, Towards a Solutions-based Approach – A CANSO Operations and Safety Workshop
In 2022, we hosted our first joint Operations and Safety workshop for the CANSO Member experts from across Africa. Following the success of that event, the Members agreed to meet again this year with the aim of bringing together our operations and safety experts under one roof.
The main objective of our meeting this year was to enhance collaboration among our experts by providing a platform where cross-cutting topics, challenges and solutions can be discussed. This year we focussed on joint initiatives where members and, in some cases, industry stakeholders can work together on various solutions. The theme for this workshop was Collaboration and alignment, towards a solutions-based Approach.
In the spirit of finding solutions, this year the CANSO Members have, with support from ICAO, taken the lead in redesigning the Peer Review Mechanism. Recently, CANSO Africa has worked with the ICAO Project Management Team (PMT) on Free Route Airspace (FRA), and we have introduced the CANSO ATFM Data Exchange Network for Cooperative Excellence (CADENCE) tool as a possible support for the implementation of Free Routing Airspace in Africa. These Free Routing/User Preferred Routes are also supporting the African Airlines Association. We are in discussions with IATA/ICAO/FAA regarding the introduction of regional ATFM structures supported by tried and tested lessons from our Global initiatives. Lastly, we have reached out to ICAO for a collaborative approach on Cybersecurity awareness and Risk Assessment.
The workshop continued on this path through:
- Starting the journey of aligning our activities with the CATS Global Vision 2045 and the new CANSO workgroup structures
- Finding synergies and bringing the work of the two programmes together, especially in the areas of Peer Review, Cybersecurity and Safety of Operations
- Taking lessons from the Peer Review Mechanism revamp activity by establishing go-to teams to enhance implementation of solutions in the region
- Deepen the understanding and advance implementation of concepts such SWIM, UTM, ATFM, etc.
- Entrenching the promotion of safety by helping the members implement functional Just Culture and Fatigue Risk Management
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Our programme
Day one – Tuesday 9 May
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration |
| 09:15-10:30 | Official Opening Addresses |
| 10:30-11:00 | Networking Break |
| 11:00-13:00 | Plenary / Cross-cutting Issues / Presentations and Discussions Africa ANSP Peer Review Redesign & Status Update Key Topics – Cybersecurity and Air Traffic Management FRA Implementation status & lessons, where to from now |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Plenary / Cross-cutting Issues / Presentations & Discussions – Contiued Aligning AFI region initiatives to the CATS Global Vision 2045 Global inputs, WG Structure Review and way forward CATS Global Vision 2045 – Way Forward – Discussions |
| 15:30-16:00 | Networking Break |
| 16:00-16:30 | Debrief on breakaway sessions Summary of the day and closing |
Day two – Wednesday 10 May
Parallel breakaway sessions – all day
| 09:00-17:00 – Safety workgroup |
| 2023 Work plan alignment Peer review – Outstanding work on the Mechanism redesign, project plan and 2023 2nd Half pilot projects Safety Promotion – mini workshop and presentation on safety elements (just culture, Fatigue Risk Management, CANSO SOE on SMS and Human Performance) Cybersecurity – aligning with the ICAO regional office, future topics, and workshop planning Discussion – Workplan and activity alignment with CATS Global Vision 2045, contribution towards the Africa Roadmap 2023 Africa Conference Topics |
| 09:00-17:00 – Operations workgroup |
| 2023 Work plan alignment RPAS – member presentation on the status of RPAS, UTM and CONOPS, CANSO Global RPAS Survey-2023 SWIM – Presentation and discussion on SWIM concept and benefits, prerequisites for SWIM, SWIM infrastructure, information service, governance, and registry SWIM – Regional case studies, specific use cases on data exchange, standard packages, real world implementation strategies and challenges ATFM – A-CDM implementation, ATFM collaboration and new developments, capacity planning and introduction on CANSO involvement on AFI Free Routing Airspace Project Discussion – Africa Conference planning and work plan alignment with CATS Global Vision 2045 |
Day 3 – Thursday 11 May
| 09:00-11:00 | Parallel breakaway sessions – continued |
| 11:00-11:30 | Networking Break |
| 11:30-13:00 | Parallel breakaway sessions – continued |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | ATFM Presentation Overall Planning for the Africa Conference |
| 15:00-15:30 | Networking Break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Report and feedback development from the Breakaway sessions |
| 18:30-21:30 | Workshop Dinner – Radisson Hotel |
Day 4 – Friday 12 May
| 09:00-10:00 | Safety Workgroup report feedback and conclusions |
| 10:00-10:30 | Networking Break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Operations Workgroup report feedback and conclusions |
| 12:00-13:00 | Official Closing Session |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
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