1. SPECIAL ICAO WORKSHOP ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR THE STATES FROM THE EASTERN PART OF THE ICAO EUR REGION (Baku, Azerbaijan, 7-9 December 2005)
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2. DRAFT ACTION PLAN :
COG/ATM/TNG/TF/2 – Paris (Working draft action plan)
COG/ATM/TNG/TF/3 – Kyiv (Draft action plan, version 1)
COG/ATM/TNG/TF/4 – Paris (Draft action plan, version 2)
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3. COG ACTIVITY COG CONCLUSION 32/1 - ICAO LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
a) That, the action plan, included as Appendix C to the COG/32
Report, be recommended to States as guidance material for the
implementation of ICAO language proficiency requirements.
     b)  That the ICAORD request States in a position to do so, to provide
details of any available recourses, in order to produce a catalogue to
assist States that will need to make use of external resources in
meeting the new language requirements.
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4. EANPG OPINION: EANPG CONCLUSION 47/43 - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ICAO
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
That:
States:
use the Action Plan as guidance material for the implementation of the ICAO language proficiency requirements and regularly report the progress to the EANPG; and
ii) take all appropriate actions to achieve the timely implementation of the ICAO language proficiency requirements;
b) ICAO:
i) regularly review and update the Action Plan, if and when required; and
ii) continue to provide assistance to States in implementing the ICAO language
proficiency requirements.
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5. ACTION PLAN:
Phase covers the period up to 5 March and deals with actions required to reach Level 4 proficiency
Phase after 5 March 2008, proposes actions for the maintenance of Level 4 proficiency or higher
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6. PHASE 1 – KEY POINTS nomination of contact person(s)
awareness
nomination of contact person(s)
coordination of administrative and training matters
assessment of current language proficiency level
development of language training packages
financial implications
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7. PHASE 1 – KEY POINTS (CONTINUATION)
social issues
development/selection of final test(s)
raters’ selection and training
maintaining of achieved language proficiency
prerequisite English requirements for ab initio ATC and
pilot training
preliminary reports to ICAO on progress achieved
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8. language proficiency maintenance programmes
PHASE 2 – KEY POINTS
testing of pilots and controllers
language proficiency maintenance
programmes
retesting and retraining programmes
final report to ICAO on implementation
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9. ACTION PLAN (next versions)
revision and detailing of some key issues
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COG
EANPG
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10. HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING HARD
817 DAYS ARE LEFT
BEFORE
MARCH
HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING HARD
ON YOUR ENGLISH?
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