1 The ECAC Member States are: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark , Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece , Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, the Netherlands , Norway, Poland, Portugal , Romania, Serbia and
Montenegro, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom).
The 31 Member States of EUROCONTROL appear in bold.
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AN-Conf/11-WP/79
24/7/03
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ELEVENTH AIR NAVIGATION CONFERENCE
Montreal, 22 September to 3 October 2003
Agenda Item 2:
Safety and security in air traffic management (ATM)
2.1: Safety management systems and programmes
EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION
BY AIR NAVIGATION SERVICE PROVIDERS
(Presented by European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
(EUROCONTROL) on behalf of its Member States and those of ECAC1)
SUMMARY
This paper describes the co-operative safety management programme conducted by the
EUROCONTROL Agency, which, since 1995, is promoting and developing a harmonised
approach for the safety management of air navigation services. The way in which this safety
management programme relates to the European air traffic management (ATM) safety regulation
is also described.
The EUROCONTROL approach meets ICAO requirements for the implementation of safety
management in air traffic services, as specified in amended Annex 11 — Air Traffic Services
and Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Air Traffic Management (Doc 4444,
PANS-ATM).
This approach relies on a common safety policy (European Air Traffic Management Programme
Safety Policy), supported by guidance material. This approach has been implemented in new
multinational European programmes (e.g., RVSM, 8.33 kHz Horizontal Expansion), and in
initiatives for resolving safety issues at European level (e.g., runway safety, level b