1. COSCAP- North Asia Briefing to the 4 th Steering Committee Meeting 2 - 3 March 2005 COSCAP North Asia Cooperative Development of Operational Safety & Continuing Airworthiness Programme

2. Introduction é ICAO Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) Captain Len Cormier é Previous five years engaged as ICAO CTA COSCAP - South Asia é Previous to that Transport Canada (CAA) Inspector and Manager – 20 years – Licensing, Aerodromes, Flight Operations Standards

3. Introduction é Admin - Ms. Sun Qun 86 10 84024554 é Flight Operations – Capt. Lin Bo é Airworthiness – Mr. Nie Junjian é ICAO Airworthiness Expert – Mr. Raine Pennanen - January 2004 é Aerodrome Certification Expert – 4 months é Air Traffic Management Expert – 6 weeks

4. Background é COSCAP – North Asia é Cooperative Development of Operational Safety and Continuing Airworthiness Programme (Annex 1, 6, 8,11,14) é Other COSCAPs é South Asia – 7 States Commenced 1998 é South East Asia – 12 States/Administrations Commenced Operation 2001 é COSCAP-AM, CIS, Africa

5. Background é Co-operative Agreement Between States of China, DPRK, Mongolia, ROK, (Japan has been invited to join the COSCAP-NA) é COSCAP-NA Headquarters at CAAC, Beijing

6. Background é Programme funded by States and donor agencies é Commenced operations with arrival of CTA in February 2003 é COSCAP-NA Steering Committee meets every 9 months to assign the tasking and priorities and ICAO is the executing agency

7. Background é Objectives é Forum for promoting dialogue, coordination and cooperation concerning flight safety matters between CAAs é Harmonization and Advancement of Safety Oversight policies, procedures and regulations é Efficient and cost-effective method for the conduct of inspection and certification

8. Background é Objectives é Assist with training of aviation and airline personnel é Promote accident prevention through the establishment of North Asia Regional Aviation Safety Team (NARAST) as proposed by the ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) é Assistance with USOAP preparation and action plan implementation