1. Inter-Regional Co-ordination and Harmonization Mechanisms
Harmonization of Air Navigation Systems
Presented by MID Region

2. MID Accreditation Area
Afghanistan AFG Lebanon LEB
Bahrain BAH Libya LIB
Cyprus CYP Oman OMA
Egypt EGY Pakistan PAK
Iran IRA Qatar QAT
Iraq IRQ Saudi Arabia SAU
Israel ISR Sudan SUD
Jordan JOR Syria SYR
Kuwait KUW UAE UAE
Yemen YEM
19 states are accredited to the Cairo office. 16 of these sort under Technical Cooperation Bbureaus Field Operations Section - Europe and the Middle East, or FEM, directed by Mr. Matta.
Essentially, regional division is thus different depending on if one looks at air navigation regions, accreditation to regional offices, or technical cooperation regions.
There are tremendous differences between the countries in the middle east region pertaining to natural resources, level of economic and human development, political situation, etc.
However, although some states have a high Gross National Product per capita, or score high in the Human Development Index, they may still be lacking in technology, they may rely heavily on internationally recruited experts in key positions in civil aviation, or there may be other deficiencies in the technical, financial, managerial or legal aspects of their aviation infrastructure.
As a matter of fact, UNDP classifies all the the contracting states in the MID region as developing states. And as you can see, 3 are classified as Least Developed Countries, or LDCs.

3. 15 MID Provider and Adjacent States
GRK
TKY
OUZ
TUR
ARM
TJK
CYP
IRN
IRK
SYR
AFG
LEB
JOR
PAK
EGP
ISR
KWT
BAH
QTR
KSA
IND
-MID Region is concerned by the 15 provider States , and their 14 Adjacent States ,which belong to AFI, ASI and EUR Regions .
-Three inter regional dialogues between those concerned States may be organized through PIRG’s inter coordination between two or more Regions
-The report which will represent steps toward the inter regional planning harmonization for common fields of two or more regional plans ,should be approved by the respective PIRGs and will commit the concerned States .
- The following slides show how the dialogue may be engaged this second half of year 2000, supported by a number of inter regional meetings .
UAE
LYB
SUD
ETP
ERT
YEM
OMN
DJB

4. EUR MID INTERFACE ANKARA ATHENS BAGHDAD TEHRAN DAMAS KUWT CYPRUS AMMAN
BEIRUT
JEDDAH
BAHRAIN
The Eastern Mediterrannee area and the western side of the Gulf need an urgent scheme which will manage the main traffic flows which are emerging
-1 The over flight traffic between ASI / EUR
-2 The Regional traffic to and from MID/ EUR
Strategies are still evolving , timelines should be aligned and mutually accepted . MID CNS/ATM implementation strategies are not yet completed , they need confirmations through the inter regional dialogue , in order to identify the common grounds for harmonization .
Thepermanent absence of a number of FIR representatives of important States Providers in MIDANPIRG forum , is a source of concern .
TEL AVIV
CAIRO
UAE

5. EUR MID MIDASI INTERFACE
BAKOU
TASHKENT
DUSHANBE
YEREVAN
ANKARA
TEHRAN
KABUL
KARACHI
DAMAS
BAGHDAD
The second area of co-ordination involves two traffic flows ,
-The first one is very active links India Pakistan and the 5 Mid Asi subregion in EUR through three MID States Afghanistan Iran (and eventually Irak ) .
Note : Swacg informal meetings cover most of this sub area
-The second one fast growing links Mid ASI States with Iran Syria Uae and Saudi Arabia on a seasonal regime . No specific meeting is forseen this year .

6. AFI MID INTERFACE DAMASCUS AMMAN BEIRUT JEDDAH CAIRO MUSCAT TRIPOLI
SANAA
KHARTOUM
FIRs concerned by ATM management coordination over the Red Sea should meet under the auspices of MIDANPIRG and APIRG chairmen .
- A first meeting may be arranged end of the year 2000 or early 2001 , with the intention to commit this group of States to identify prioritised actions , and possible intra cooperation in order to overcome agreed shortcomings and deficiencies before planning further actions towards Implementation of new systems .
- Discussions on timeline harmonization should lead to mini implementation program which may lead to common implementation projects .
ASMARA
ADDIS ABABA

7. MID ATS Route Network 51 of 89 ATS routes implemented
Europe - Middle East ATM Coordination Bureau (EMAC)
1st IRCM meeting: Revised ATS Route Structure proposed

11. RNP/RNAV Central Monitoring Agency to be provided by U.A.E
No ICAO guidance material relating to airworthiness / operational approval for RNP5 ops.
MIDANPIRG/6: Progressive introduction route by route

12. MIDDLE EAST REGION Major Traffic Flows
LEGEND
Major Traffic Flows
Low density routes,
seasonal high density
Area covered by MID CNS/ATM
Plan
Flows are intended to show area
of origin, destination, and approximate
flight paths. They do not accurately
portray ATS routes

13. RSVM MID Target date for RSVM: 2003 EUR/MID interface EUROCONTROL
Implementations costs
Operators / ATS Providers
Funding Mechanism is needed
MID RVSM Task Force
WGS-84: 10 of 15 States utilizing standard reporting format

14. RSVM - Coordination with Asia/Pac
Asia / Pacific RSVM TF/8 (Aug 00)
Proposed RSVM implementation South of Himalayas Route :Decision to be taken
Agreed to undertake data collection for readiness assessment
MID RSVM TF participation to be considered by MID
All MID States will be invited to ASI PAC RSVM Seminars

15. GNSS Not approved means of navigation in most MID States
ICAO guidance material are needed , Some examples available
Target date for en-route and non-precision approach: 2002
AIRAC date should be determined soon

16. GNSS Cont. States not having done so are urged to:
authorize GNSS for en-route and non-precision approaches
Establish multidisciplinary GNSS implementation teams
work towards filling requirements for GNSS for introduction in 2002
ISTB for MID Region: Demonstrations and trials tentatively scheduled for March / April 2001

17. Communications Transition to ATN Frequency Lists - under development
AFTN-based AIDC procedure
to be replaced by ATN AIDC procedure
Frequency Lists - under development
VSAT - MIDANPIRG/6 encourages use
AFTN Circuits - implemented;
Interface AFTN /CIDIN in MID

18. CONCLUSION
Inter-Regional mechanism : PIRGs should support the interregional dialogue (inter-PIRGs) based on common goals
Interregional activities are coordinated at the level of each of the sub-groups concerned