Around 200 representatives from regulatory authorities, airline operators and airports from Europe and worldwide are expected at an international workshop on Safety Management Systems (SMS) on 15-16 January 2008. The meeting is organised by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Cologne.
“Efforts to maintain and improve aviation safety continue to be a priority for the European Aviation Safety Agency”, says Patrick Goudou, the Agency’s Executive Director. “With this workshop, we want to raise awareness for a harmonized Community approach towards safety programmes and management systems.”
Various aspects of aviation safety such as initial airworthiness, continued airworthiness, air operations, airports and Air Traffic Management are addressed as integral parts of Safety Management Systems. The meeting primarily focuses on the compliance between SMS standards of the EASA system and EU-OPS with those proposed in ICAO Annex 6. Speakers will include representatives from ICAO, regulatory authorities, the European Commission, manufacturers, and the Agency.
The workshop will further explore the view of ICAO on the State Safety Programme and SMS, the experience of other regulatory authorities, and the view of organisations on the implementation of SMS.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was set up by the EU in 2003 to promote the highest common standards of safety and environmental protection in civil aviation. Based in Cologne, the Agency currently employs some 350 experts and administrators from all over Europe.
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