PROGRESS REPORT AUG 2005 – OCT  2005

A         Summary – Brief

Reference is made to the Progress Report of May-June 2005 in which Libya requested a delay pending a response from Namibia on requests made to the Agency after at the March 2005 PIT meeting for coordination visits to States prior to the Tripoli meeting.

(A summary of activities is given below):

B          Meetings

1.         The agency continued to stay in touch with PIT members.

2.         The agency met formally with the European Union Ambassador – Antonius Breuser – and briefed him on the project in anticipation of a formal approach being made to him through the Namibian Government.

3.         Regular meetings were held with Namibia’s Director of Civil Aviation – Bethuel T Mujetenga – to chart out a project program.

C         Programme Follow-up/ Marketing

1.         Much of the month of September were spent on developing a Project Document.

2.         Upon perusal and discussion the Agency was requested to edit & rewrite the document which was done during the month of October.

3.         This document will be the proposed blue print program for the project but further revision is expected after the next PIT meeting.

4.         The program constitutes an outline ‘program of deliverables’ requested at the March 2005 PIT meeting.

D         SADC, EAC, IATA, ECA, AFRAA

Formal visits to these will be made during the coordination trip to the PIT states.

E          MOUs Development

The French translation of the MOUs and the pending Arabic translation will be discussed at the next PIT meeting to be hosted in Tripoli.

F          AFCAC/NEPAD/ICAO

1)         AFCAC was briefed, by way of couriered documents, on the detailed aims of and progress on the project.  The Secretary General – Charles Diop – will be responding on his views.

2)         A meeting was held specifically to discuss the AFRO-CAA with the AFCAC President.

3)         AFCAC’s President requested for a further refinement of the aims of the project and this was done and communicated to him through Namibia’s Director of Civil Aviation.

G         Legal

The coordination trip to various States regarding the MOUs continues to await a decision from Namibia.

H         Funding

Pending the outcome of the Ministry’s decision, it was agreed to draft formal proposals of funding to the European Union.  The agency completed these and forwarded them to Namibia’s Director of Civil Aviation – Bethuel T. Mujetenga. 

I           Any other Business

1)         Libya has tentatively agreed to host the next meeting in Tripoli in November 2005 after the Ramadhan fast of October 2005.

2)         They would however require to know the results of the proposed coordination visits to States which awaits a decision from Namibia.