Community Agencies: Partners in Accession 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

1. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)Agence Européenne de la Sécurité AérienneEuropäische Agentur für FlugsicherheitAgência Europeia para a Segurança da Aviação Dieter GAUPMANN International Cooperation Department dieter.gaupmann@easa.europa.eu Community Agencies: Partners in Accession 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal Workshop 1: Transport (Aviation)

2. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal Workshop 1: Transport • Question 1: • What have been your experiences of technical assistance so far? 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

3. EASA-CARDS 2008 - 2009 EASA-IPA 2009 - 2010 Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

4. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal • EASA–CARDS 2008/2009 (finalized) • Budget € 400.000 • Objective: • raise awareness of beneficial countries in the field of civil aviation • identification of all convergences to the European “Acquis Communautaire” in aviation • development of convergence plan (CP) and road map for each beneficial country to EASA 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

5. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal • EASA-IPA 2009/2010 (started) • based on agreement between DG-ENLARG and EASA • Budget € 700.000 • Objective: • implementation of CP’s and Roadmap’s • by training / support / assistance (Workshop’s /On-the-Job-training/etc...) • by on the spot support by EASA expert (LTE/SNE) 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

6. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal Workshop 1: Transport • Question 2: • What were the key elements of success? 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

7. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal • EASA-CARDS (outcome) • better understanding of beneficial countries in terms of SWOT / SMART • build trust and confidence • development of practical tool for the integration of Civil Aviation Authorities into the EU system (Convergence Plan) • development of network’s • IPA (just starting) • clear structure of Project life Cycle (Evaluation, Planning, Execution, Control, Closing) • learning from the experience of CARDS 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

8. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal Workshop 1: Transport • Question 3: • What were the main challenges and how did you resolve them? 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

9. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal • lack of resources of beneficial countries to participate in EASA technical co-operation and assistance activities, do proper follow-up... • planning of comprehensive and uniform training program's due to different levels of expert / authority expertise's • political support for changes (example - creation of independent and autonomous authorities) • intercultural sensitivity • financial constrains • close coordination between existing similarly projects • uncertainty about Turkey • … 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

10. Conclusion • necessity for close coordination of existing/planned projects with similar character • pre-definition of synergy's between beneficial countries • political support • awareness of “train the trainer” concept • full awareness of the concept of sustainability • … 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal

11. Community Agencies: Partners in Accession Thank you for your attention 25 – 27 November 2009, Sintra, Portugal