ICAO to develop Aviation Public Health Emergency Response Strategy.

Key implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for international air transport were addressed in a number of key air transport facilitation decisions taken during the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The triennial meeting at ICAO headquarters in Montreal, Canada, closed on October 7, with ICAO member states working to build a diplomatic consensus on ICAO’s budget and work program for the next three years, including focusing on key priorities.

“The outcome of the ICAO High-Level Conference on Covid-19 is based on recommendations on the need to achieve a contactless digital passenger experience with the support of States’ agreements around air transport facilities and, in particular, new public health-related ICAO provisions,” said ICAO Council President Salvatore Saicitano.

ICAO Visible Digital Seal for Non-Constrained Environments (VDS-NC) Governments have agreed to promote international acceptance of internationally interoperable health certificates that feature certification features.

To protect health and maintain safe air transport during public health emergencies, states and aviation stakeholders have expressed their support for the ICAO Health Master List, which will help ensure travelers’ vaccination status and test certificates in an efficient and reliable manner. road trip.

Governments have confirmed that ICAO will develop a new strategy to better prepare the world to respond to future public health emergencies, particularly through the Cooperative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA). Attention is paid to this strategy to include a comprehensive emergency management framework and methodology.

The ICAO Global Aviation Security Plan (GASeP) and GASEP Roadmap will provide governments with a global structure and direction to increase the effectiveness of global aviation security. Similarly, the new ICAO Implementation Support Policy will help bolster ICAO’s efforts to help governments deliver aviation security. The efforts of governments, regional groups and industry to implement the GSEP and its roadmap were specially recognized at the summit. Manpower.

In addition, the states accepted the recommendations and decided to implement them ICAO Symposium for assistance to plane crash victims and their families It was held last year to officially designate 2023 as the ‘Year of Facilitative Culture’ to highlight the scope and importance of the challenges ahead.

Finally, the Assembly adopted a declaration on air transport facilitation to ensure the safe and efficient recovery of aviation from the Covid-19 pandemic and to make aviation more resilient.

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