PROGRESS REPORT NOV 2005 – JAN 2006

A         Summary – Brief

Reference is made to the progress report of August – October 2005.  No response has been received yet from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication (Namibia) on the requested subject matter in the said report.

A summary of activities is given below:

B          Meetings

1.         Libya confirmed that they would host the 02^nd PIT meeting in the week of 16^th January 2006, subject to confirmation from the States.

2.         A positive response was received from the States including Uganda, who have asked to join the process.

3.         No response was however received from Namibia and as a result Libya had to be requested for another delay pending the outcome from the Permanent Secretary, Transport (Namibia).

4.         Regular meetings continued to be held with Namibia’s Director of Civil Aviation and concern raised about the outstanding issues.

C         Program Follow-up/ Marketing

1.         Working papers for the 02^nd PIT meeting, including the agenda, were drawn up and prepared in November 2005, December 2005 and January 2006.  These were submitted to the project promotion sponsor – Namibia.

2.         The revised project document was also submitted to Namibia.

D         SADC, EAC, IATA, ECA, AFRAA

            Formal visits to PIT states as recommended by the 01^st PIT meeting, await a decision outcome from Namibia.

E          MOUs Development

Cameroon finalized the French translation of the MOUs and Libya has undertaken to complete the Arabic translation for discussion at the next PIT meeting.

F          AFCAC/NEPAD/ICAO

1.         Further to complete documentation being couriered to the AFCAC Secretary General, they await the outcome of the PIT meeting before responding on their continued support. 

2.         NEPAD has indicated they await AFCAC’s response on the project.

G         Legal

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

H         Funding

Formal proposals for funding to the European Union were completed and submitted to Namibia’s Director of Civil Aviation and the Permanent Secretary of Namibia’s Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication in November 2005.  A response is still awaited from them.

I           Any other Business

Libya has expressed a willingness to host the 02^nd PIT meeting despite the delays, and have requested a one month advance notification before the same.