BAGAIA ASSURED OF BENEFITS FROM ENCCAIRS
| Left to right: EASA Senior Intl Cooperation Officer Sub-Sahara Africa Regional Coordinator,Yves Koning, Commissioner AIB-NIGERIA, Engr. Akin Olateru, EASA Director International Cooperation; Director of Stratey and Management of EASA, Luc Tytgat, BAGAIA Commissioner, Engr. Charles Irikefe Erhueh; Commissioner AAIB-GHANA, Mr. Prempeh Akwasi Agyeibi and EASA Safety Investigation Section Manager; Mr. Mario Colavita in the preparation for the ENCASIA Plenary holding on 11-12 October 2022 at the Belgian Safety Investigation Authority, Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport, Brussels, Belgium. | |
| The Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency(BAGAIA) has been assured of benefits in the tenets of the European Co-ordination Centre for Accident and Incident Reporting Systems(ECCAIRS) once the modalities are finalized by the International Civil Aviation Organisation(ICAO) The European Aviation Safety Agency(EASA),through the European Network of Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authorities made this known at its plenary at the Belgian Safety Investigation Authority,Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport,Brussels,Belgium. BAGAIA delegation to the event was led by its Commissioner,Engr.Charles Irikefe Erhueh in company of Engr.Akin Olateru,Commissioner/CEO,Accident Investigation Bureau-Nigeria and Mr.Prempeh Akwasi Agyeibi,Commissioner AAIB,Ghana under observation statue. Consultations with ICAO on the modalities to implement ECCAIRS in other regions outside Europe is ongoing,according to EASA Senior International Cooperation Officer Sub-Sahara Africa Regional Coordinator,Yves Koning who responded to the special requests by BAGAIA delegation. Mr Koning appreciating the requests especially that of the ECCAIRS said,”Yes it already being implemented in the Europe, but they are finalising with ICAO on the modalities to implement it outside Europe. Once that is done it will now be extended on train the trainer. ECCAIRS is a cooperative network of civil aviation authorities and safety investigation authorities in Europe, a project being managed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (DG JRC) on request of the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) and in close co-operation with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The ECCAIRS mission is to aid national and European transport entities in the collection, sharing and analysis of safety information in order to improve public transport safety. However, ENCASIA currently has 27 member states. BAGAIA under the EU-ASA project, presented the request for peer reviews of processes in the regions where EU experts will do due diligence and provide reports afterwards. BAGAIA also requested for human capacity development and the ECCAIRS training of the new version. The benefits of ECCAIRS is to compliment internal reporting system for the exchanges of safety data i.e. collecting, sharing and allowing analysis of Safety Data that enhances Aviation Safety. |
