NAM/CAR/CATC/WG/5 — IP/02 22/05/19

Fifth NAM/CAR Civil Aviation Training Centres Working Group Meeting (NAM/CAR/CATC/WG/5) San Salvador, El Salvador, 28 to 30 May 2019

Agenda Item 4: Subscription and Implementation Status of the Declaration of Intent (DoI) for

the Regional Collaboration on Training among the Civil Aviation Training Centres of the NAM/CAR Regions

DECLARATION OF INTENT (DOI) FOR THE REGIONAL COLLABORATION ON TRAINING AMONG THE CIVIL

AVIATION TRAINING CENTRES OF THE NAM/CAR REGIONS

(Presented by the Secretariat)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper presents, for information of the meeting, the signed document for the Declaration of Intent (DoI) for the Regional Collaboration on Training among the Civil Aviation Training Centres of the NAM/CAR Regions. Strategic Objectives:

• Safety • Air Navigation Capacity and Efficiency • Security & Facilitation • Economic Development of Air Transport • Environmental Protection

References: • Final Report of the Fourth NAM/CAR Civil Aviation Training Centres Working Group Meeting (NAM/CAR/CATC/WG/4), ICAO NACC Regional Office, Mexico City, Mexico, 6 to 8 June 2018

• Final Report of the Eighth Meeting of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Directors of Civil Aviation (NACC/DCA/08), Ottawa, Canada, 31 July to 2 August 2018

1. Introduction 1.1 During the Fourth NAM/CAR Civil Aviation Training Centres Working Group Meeting (NAM/CAR/CATC/WG/4), ICAO NACC Regional Office, Mexico City, Mexico, 6 to 8 June 2018, Cuba, Jamaica and Mexico were the first signatories of the Declaration of Intent (DoI) for the Regional Collaboration on Training among the Civil Aviation Training Centres of the NAM/CAR Regions.

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1.2 During the Eighth Meeting of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Directors of Civil Aviation (NACC/DCA/08), Ottawa, Canada, 31 July to 2 August 2018, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and COCESNA joined this important Declaration of Intent, which will help promote collaboration among national and regional training centres. 1.3 During the NACC/DCA/08 meeting, the Directors of Civil Aviation as well as ICAO GAT congratulated all participating Training Centres and States on this regional collaboration, and reconfirmed their support for inviting other Centres to the DoI and the development of the respective actions to ensure the DoI performance as defined in Conclusion NAM/CAR/CATC/WG/4/01 and Decision NAM/CAR/CATC/WG/4/02 respectively (refer to WP/02 of this Meeting). 1.4 The Appendix to this paper presents, for information of the meeting, the signed Declaration of Intent (DoI) for the Regional Collaboration on Training among the Civil Aviation Training Centres of the NAM/CAR Regions.

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