Bangladesh will be awarded an 'ICAO Council President Certificate' as the recognition of a state from each ICAO region which has made significant progress in resolving their safety oversight deficiencies and improving the effective implementation (EI) of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs).
Bangladesh achieved an Effective Implementation (EI) of 75 per cent, the best ever score since independence that has been recognised by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and in recognition of the efforts.
In support of the ICAO No Country Left Behind initiative, the ICAO Council established the Council President Certificate.
This is in recognition of Bangladesh having achieved an Effective Implementation (EI) of 75 per cent crossing the global average of 60 per cent and making a 15 per cent plus significant progress in optimising safety standards in Bangladesh.
This achievement will also facilitate Bangladesh to operate direct flight in between USA and Bangladesh in the near future which is a pledge of the government.
Talking to the FE, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) flight safety director Chowdhury M Ziaul Kabir said the date of receiving the award has not yet been fixed.
He also said this is not the destination for Bangladesh, rather it is the transit as CAAB targets to achieve 90 plus ER rating.
"We want to see ourselves among the top 10 scoring countries. We are working to achieve that target," he said.
Regarding the major challenges, Mr Zia said the main challenge was manpower constraint which has been addressed as the government has approved 5,600 new workforce. Besides, CAAB has been focusing on automation, paperless office, examination system with UK civil aviation, all flight safety regulations alignment with European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to achieve 90 plus score.
ICAO conducted a validation mission in Bangladesh from September 19 to 27, 2017. The previous such El was a mere 50.81 per cent in 2012. Bangladesh has positioned itself high in the Asia/Pacific region as well as in the international civil aviation arena. The Validation Mission concluded that there was no Significant Safety Concern for the State's aviation management.
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