Implementation, Strategy and Planning Group
The Implementation, Strategy and Planning Group (ISPG) coordinated the third ICAO Council off-site strategy meeting, which took place on 15-16 June in Quebec City, under the theme “Building Global Partnerships for Aviation Development (GPAD)”. Participants exchanged views on ICAO’s role in promoting and acting as an interface or platform to assist States in sourcing funds for their priority needs for the safe, secure, sustainable and orderly growth of international civil aviation, from donors, development agencies, financial institutions and the private sector. Representatives of Member States on the Council together with Representatives to ICAO, the leadership team of the Air Navigation Commission and the senior management team of the Secretariat, including Regional Directors, participated in the meeting. Industry representatives from Airports Council International (ACI), Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as well as the European Union and Canada (Global Affairs Office) provided participants with pertinent information and insightful perspectives on ongoing activities, challenges and opportunities to foster funding and global partnerships.
Participants identified a number of recommendations for concrete strategies and steps to be taken to build and foster global partnerships with UN specialized agencies, financial institutions and donors as well as the private sector, in order to mobilize resources to enhance air transport systems in Member States. Those recommendations, along with the associated activities and implementation timelines, were approved by the Council at the sixteenth meeting of its 208th Session held on 26 August 2016.
The outcomes of the three off-site strategy meetings held during the triennium were reported to the 39th Session of the Assembly which noted the contribution of the Council’s off-site strategy meetings to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Organization and requested Member States to support the conduct of Council off-site strategy meetings as a mechanism for furthering the Organization’s strategic planning process.
