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Civil Aviation Security in Africa
and the Arabian Peninsula
CASE Newsletter No. 1
Autumn 2016
An EU-funded and ECAC-implemented Project
Welcome
A word from the Deputy
Executive Secretary of ECAC
This first issue of the CASE Newsletter is a
true landmark for ECAC in its role as
implementing body of the European
Union funded CASE Project. As was
acknowledged by the Steering Group of
the Project during its second meeting on
21 September 2016, the Project’s
Improving the use of
available technology
Lomé, Togo, 14-15 June 2016
inception period has been successfully
completed, and it is now entering into its
full implementation phase.
The purpose of this quarterly newsletter is
to inform stakeholders, including
Contributing and Partner States, of the
latest developments in the Project, with a
particular focus on its activities in the field.
The articles included will provide further
evidence of one of the main features of
the Project: its flexibility. States do not all
face the same threat levels, neither are
Best Practices for
National Auditors Level 1
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo,
5-10 September 2016
they all challenged by the same
vulnerabilities. Therefore, one of the key
principles of the Project is that its activities
are tailored to the individual needs of
Partner States. A wide range of activities,
both at regional and national levels, is
offered to States to strengthen their
aviation security systems, and we all look
forward to cooperating with you in
partnership for the implementation of
these activities!
Patricia Reverdy
Deputy Executive Secretary of ECAC
professional development of national
auditors, especially junior auditors, and
aims at supporting their understanding of
their roles and responsibilities, as well as
strengthening their competencies and
skills
in
conducting
compliance
monitoring activities such as audits and
inspections.
Ten auditors from ANAC, the
gendarmerie, customs and the police
participated in the training.
About the CASE
Project
The CASE Project’s first field activity was
delivered in Togo in June , in the form of a
review of the use of deployed
technologies, including walk-through
metal detection, x-rays, explosive trace
detection and explosive detection
systems. Through this review, which
covered all forms of equipment-operated
screening, advice was provided on issues
such as maintenance, operational
procedures, routine testing and technical
capabilities. The level of involvement by
the National Authority proved very high,
and the airport experts openly discussed
all topics from an efficiency perspective.
The CASE Project’s first Best Practices for
National Auditors - Level 1 training and
subsequent Certification of National
Auditors, took place from 5 to 10
September 2016 in Brazzaville, Republic
of Congo. This training, a combination of
classroom learning and practical
exercises, was officially opened by
Alphonse
Kanga
(Director
of
Meteorology, representing the Director of
Air Transport) and closed by Boris MakayaBatchi (Director of Air Transport), both
from the Agence Nationale de l'Aviation
Civile (ANAC) of the Republic of Congo.
This activity is specifically tailored for the
The EU-funded and ECAC-implemented
CASE Project was launched in early 2016,
for a duration of four years. Its purpose is
to support the efforts of Partner States, in
Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to
mitigate threats against civil aviation and
to improve levels of compliance with
international requirements, with a strong
focus on quality control measures.
This will be achieved through the sharing
of expertise between national experts in
the Partner States and experts mainly
released by ECAC Member States, to
deliver for example mentoring, training
and coaching activities, as well as the
conduct of joint activities such as cargo
audits. In addition to national activities,
i.e. to the benefit of one given country, the
CASE Project organises regional activities
in the form of workshops dedicated to key
issues in the field of aviation security.
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Mitigating the MANPADS threat: CASE provides capacity-building activities
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One of the CASE Project’s priorities is to
support national authorities in mitigating
the Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems
(MANPADS) threat by organising
dedicated capacity-building activities.
This mentoring activity focuses on
assessing the specific threat from and
implementing potential mitigation
measures against MANPADS and other
infantry weapons. Each activity is made up
of several missions, from awarenessraising through best practices training
(following a train-the-trainers approach),
CASE Project Second
Steering Group
Paris, 21 September 2016
From left to right: Mr Anders Trelborg, Programme Manager for Counter Terrorism
and Mr Adriaan van der Meer, Head of Unit, both of the European Commission's
DG DEVCO Directorate B5 (Stability, Security, Development and Nuclear Safety),
Mr Salvatore Sciacchitano, Executive Secretary of ECAC and Mr Antoine Zannotti,
Coordinator of the CASE Project
The second meeting of the CASE Project
Steering Group was held at the ECAC
offices in Paris on 21 September.
Chaired by Mr Adriaan van der Meer (DG
DEVCO, European Commission) and
attended by representatives of several
ECAC Member States as well as
international and regional organisations
and industry (including the African Civil
Aviation Commission [AFCAC], the West
to monitoring the implementation of
those practices (including the production
of assessment grids to identify potential
launch sites and surveillance techniques
for monitoring those sites). Under the
CASE Project, the activity is set up and
coordinated by ECAC and conducted in
the field by experts from France and the
United Kingdom, given the national
capacities these two countries have
developed in this area, including for their
own airports.
agency team (including the Gendarmerie
des transports aériens [GTA], the French
Air Force and a commercial pilot).
In both cases, the personnel of the Partner
States who benefited from the on-site
training came from all the relevant
national agencies and operators,
including the civil aviation authorities,
intelligence
and
counter-terrorism
services, the police, the armed forces and
airport operators.
Accordingly, the first of these activities
was conducted in an East African country
by the United Kingdom in June 2016, with
a kick-off mission carried out by a team
from
several
UK
government
departments (including the Department
for Transport, the Ministry of Defence, the
Royal Air Force and the Metropolitan
Police Service). Similarly, a second activity
was conducted by France in a West African
country in July 2016, again by a multi-
African Economic and Monetary Union
[WAEMU], ICAO and ACI EUROPE), the
meeting afforded participants the
opportunity to take stock of the Project’s
progress eight months after the Steering
Group’s first assembly, consider the
lessons learned so far and identify
priorities for the next phase.
In his presentation on the Project's
implementation status, Mr Antoine
Zannotti, CASE Project
Coordinator,
highlighted that twentyfive countries had
become Partner States
at the date of the
meeting,
either
through national or
regional activities.
The Steering Group
took note of the
current implementation status of the
Project and expressed,
both collectively and
individually, their satisfaction
over
the
activities conducted
to-date. ECAC emphasised the support of
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affiliated entities, including ECAC
Member States in the designation of
experts, and of the other contributing
organisations, particularly regional and
sub-regional organisations such as
AFCAC and WAEMU.
The third meeting of the Steering Group
will be held at the end of the first quarter of
2017.
In blue: current CASE Project Partner States, as of September 2016
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CASE Newsletter No. 1
Regional Workshop
on Cargo and Mail
Security
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 26-27 July 2016
The CASE Project held its first two-day
regional workshop on the theme of cargo
and mail security in July in Abidjan, Côte
d’Ivoire. The event was jointly organised
by ECAC and WAEMU and hosted by the
Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile
(ANAC) of Côte d’Ivoire.
Following a welcome address by Mr
Doumbia
Yahaya,
Director
of
Administrative and Financial Affairs of
ANAC, Mr Tcha-Djidoré Bah-Traoré,
Coordinator of WAEMU’s audit and
security
inspection
programme,
introduced the workshop. Moderator Ms
Anne Dureau (ECAC) was joined by
speakers
Ms
Samira
Lahdahda
(Netherlands), Mr Yves Mabbe (Cargolux)
and Mr Luís Moço (Portugal), who
together delivered a series of
presentations on topics including current
threats and challenges to cargo security,
cargo screening and the status of
regulated agents and known consignors.
Twenty-six participants from eleven
countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte
d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and
Togo) attended the workshop and
engaged in lively discussion during the
breakout sessions.
Forthcoming CASE
activities
2016
October
• First Joint Cargo Security Audit, in an
African country
November
• Regional Workshop on Threats to Civil
Aviation, jointly organised with the
Jordan CARC, Jordan
• ECAC Workshop on Unpredictability in
Aviation Security, Paris
• MANPADS Assessment and Mitigation
Measures, in a third African country
December
• Best Practices for National Auditors Level 1, Togo
• Certification of National Auditors, Togo
Risk
• Regional
Workshop
on
Management, jointly organised with
AFCAC
• Second Joint Cargo Security Audit, in an
Arabian Peninsula country
Regional Workshop
on Security
Equipment and
Technologies
Dakar, Senegal, 6-7 September 2016
From left to right: Mr Akoa Benoît Okossi, ICAO Regional Officer - Meteorology;
Mr Magueye Marame Ndao, Director General of ANACIM; Eng. Hany Yehia
Eladawy, President of AFCAC; Ms Iyabo O. Sosina, Secretary General of AFCAC;
Mr José María Peral Pecharromán, Aviation Security Technical Officer, ECAC
The CASE Project’s second regional
workshop took place in Dakar, Senegal, in
September and was jointly organised by
ECAC and AFCAC with strong support
from the Senegalese Civil Aviation
Authority (ANACIM). It was attended by
Project Coordinator
Mr Antoine Zannotti
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thirty-nine participants from nineteen
Partner States: Benin, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, the Central African Republic,
the Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia,
Ghana, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Nigeria, Senegal, the Seychelles, South
Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo and
Uganda.
detection and liquid explosive detection
systems.
During group breakout sessions,
participants evaluated the best methods
for screening different items and
individuals, and designed screening
system configurations for a security
checkpoint.
The workshop opened with welcome
addresses from Ms Iyabo O. Sosina,
Secretary General of AFCAC, and Mr
Magueye Marame Ndao, Director General
of ANACIM.
Moderator Mr José María Peral
Pecharromán (ECAC) and speakers
representing a full range of stakeholders
including regulators (Mr Paul Redfern,
Department for Transport, UK), airport
operators (Mr David Ryder, ACI EUROPE)
and manufacturers (Ms Georgia Moody,
Smiths Detection; Mr Nicolas Ouakli, CEIA;
and Mr Tim Rayner, European
Organisation for Security), delivered a
series of detailed presentations on the
technologies available for screening
items and individuals, how to optimise
screening equipment use, and the
particular features of explosive trace
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