Safety Management Systems – Standard of Excellence
In 2009, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) published the first edition of the CANSO Standard of Excellence in Safety Management Systems (SoE in SMS) in collaboration with EUROCONTROL.
Published regularly since then, The SoE in SMS draws on the experiences of CANSO Members to develop a framework that would help air navigation service providers (ANSPs) continually improve their efforts to manage safety.
You can see the latest version of the SoE in SMS here.
The Pathway to Participation
The SoE in SMS relies on the quality of the data submitted by ANSPs from across CANSO’s Membership. If your ANSP is not taking part in the exercise already, you can take a look at our various Pathway to Participation initiatives to help you get on board and benefit from taking part.
Here you can:



If you work for a CANSO Member, click here to see the Pathway to Participation Worksheets.
If your organisation is not a CANSO Member, please contact Safety@CANSO.org with your request.
To sign up to take part in the next data gathering exercise, contact Safety@CANSO.org