PROGRESS REPORT MAY – JULY 2004

A         Summary – Brief

The ACAA has made considerate progress with various African states and international organizations.  To garner support for the AFRO-CAA.

A summary of activities is given below:

B          Meetings

1.         The 17^th AFCAC Plenary was attended in Midrand South Africa.  The Plenary on behalf of the African States and the AU voted the project as viable for the continent.

2.         Meetings have been held with the Director of Civil Aviation of Namibia briefing him on this progress made with AFCAC.

3.         The Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication’s Under Secretary of Administration who was detailed to request the AFCAC vote has also been briefed on the outcome. The AFRO-CAA program and MOU brochure was similarly discussed in South Africa with the following Civil Aviation personnel:

            Cameroon         -  Mr Ignatuis Sama Jama :  Director General Cameroon CAA)

            Egypt                -  Major General Mahmoud Heshmat : Egyptian CAA  Holding   Company

                                       and  immediate  past President of AFCAC  

            Ethiopia            -  His Excellency Minister Philipos Woldermarian – State Minister

Mr Tefera Mekonnen – Acting Director General Ethiopia CAA and immediate     past AFCAC  Vice President

       Libya    - Dr Mohammed Shlebik – Secretary of Administration Communication for CAA.

       Nigeria              - Engr. Fidelis Onyeyiri- Director General Nigeria CAA

       South Africa      - Tshepo Peege: (AFCAC President)

                                - Seboseso Machobane (Acting CEO, SACAA)

C         Program Follow-up/ Marketing

1.         The ACAA (Pty) Ltd received positive responses from Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa in which they agreed in Principal to support the project.

2.         Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya stated they wanted to study the document further before issuing their response.  

3.         The ACAA (Pty) Ltd subsequently drew up and published a Project Inception Report and distributed it to interested States for study and comment.

D         SADC, EAC, IATA, ECA, AFRAA

1.         The above mentioned multi-lateral groups were all briefed during Namibia’s presentation at the AFCAC Plenary. They will continue to be updated on progress as developments take place.

E          MOUs Development

                The MOU has been proposed to be discussed at the first Project Inception         I               meeting of interested states.   

F          AFCAC/NEPAD/ICAO

1.         AFCAC, as noted above, has now declared the project as viable for the continent.

2.         NEPAD has scheduled an urgent meeting in early August with ACAA (Pty) Ltd in the light of the above developments.   NEPAD has also been issued with the Project Inception Report.

 3.           The ACAA (Pty)Ltd will be attending 35^th Session of ICAO in Montreal (September/October) to further lobby the project.  The following Senior ICAO Personnel were briefed on the project during the AFCAC Plenary and issued with brochures.

 (a)        Dr. Assad Kotaite ICAO – President

(b)        Dr. Taieb Cherif – Secretary General of ICAO

(c)        Capt. Shettima Abba-gana – Honourary Life President ICAO

(d)        Charles Diob – Secretary AFCAC  

 G         Legal

             Nil

 H         Funding

             Potential donors will be approached after the meeting with NEPAD.

 I           Any other Business

Written working relationships/report format between Namibia and the ACAA (Pty) Ltd have been finalized.

The Department of Transport (South Africa) has reacted positively to the project and has asked for an urgent meeting with ACAA(Pty)Ltd in August 2004 to further discuss the project.