1. Presentation ECCAIRS Technical Course
Provided by the Joint Research Centre - Ispra (Italy)

2. Political Background
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Occurrence Reporting in Civil Aviation
Proposed by DG-TREN
Adopted by the European Commission in December 2000
Supported by the European Parliament subject to minor amendments in June 2001
Common Position of the Council in 2002
Approved in 2003
Actions
Setting up of National Mandatory Occurrence Reporting Systems
Managed by an impartial body
Occurrences stored in a data base using a common compatible software (ECCAIRS)

3. Aim Integration of data at EU level Harmonised tools
Incompatible data can be integrated
EU wide standards for data collection
Harmonised tools
Collect and share occurrence information
Perform daily statistics
More advanced analysis tools if required
Collaborative network of EU authorities: ECCAIRS
Not just a software
Not just a centralised database
A shackle of a long chain
A coordinated network
Subsidiarity

4. Learning Process EU level Regulation Data Collection & Integration
Local level
Safety
Monitoring
Data
Collection
& Integration
Regulation

5. History 5 6 ‘01 ‘02 FP ‘92 ‘93 ‘94 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ECCAIRS -1
Feasibility study
Industrialisation
Application
JRC
Competitive
Institutional
Funding
Evolution
‘03
‘04
‘05
‘06 7 8 …
‘07

6. Today ECCAIRS 4 Related products Release 4.2.7 is current version
Occurrence Browser
Occurrence Grapher
Installation tester
Occurrence Loader and Generator
Exporter
Dictionary Browser
Related products
DEXTER
WebDAS
Taxonomy tools (Translator, Editor)
Batchelor
AWB
TARGA

7. Tomorrow ECCAIRS 4.x Tools/Add-ins Full Web Data Access Enhancements
New features and functions
Recommendations Database
Bird Strike taxonomy
Hazard taxonomy (later)
Tools/Add-ins
More productivity tools
Re-engineering of contracted work
Full Web Data Access
Data-entry via internet or intranet