SPECIAL ICAO WORKSHOP ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR THE

SPECIAL ICAO WORKSHOP ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR THE STATES FROM THE EASTERN PART OF THE ICAO EUR REGION (Baku, Azerbaijan, 7 -9 December 2005) COG/ATM/TNG/TF

DRAFT ACTION PLAN : • COG/ATM/TNG/TF/2 – Paris (Working draft action plan) • COG/ATM/TNG/TF/3 – Kyiv (Draft action plan, version 1) • COG/ATM/TNG/TF/4 – Paris (Draft action plan, version 2) COG/ATM/TNG/TF

COG ACTIVITY COG CONCLUSION 32/1 - ICAO LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS a) That, the action plan, included as Appendix C to the COG/32 Report, be recommended to States as guidance material for the implementation of ICAO language proficiency requirements. b) That the ICAORD request States in a position to do so, to provide details of any available recourses, in order to produce a catalogue to assist States that will need to make use of external resources in meeting the new language requirements. COG/ATM/TNG/TF

EANPG OPINION: EANPG CONCLUSION 47/43 - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ICAO LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS That: a) States: i) use the Action Plan as guidance material for the implementation of the ICAO language proficiency requirements and regularly report the progress to the EANPG; and 1. ii) take all appropriate actions to achieve the timely implementation of the ICAO language proficiency requirements; b) ICAO: i) regularly review and update the Action Plan, if and when required; and ii) continue to provide assistance to States in implementing the ICAO language proficiency requirements. COG/ATM/TNG/TF

ACTION PLAN: Phase 1 covers the period up to 5 March 2008 and deals with actions required to reach Level 4 proficiency Phase 2 after 5 March 2008, proposes actions for the maintenance of Level 4 proficiency or higher COG/ATM/TNG/TF

PHASE 1 – KEY POINTS • awareness • nomination of contact person(s) • coordination of administrative and training matters • assessment of current language proficiency level • development of language training packages • financial implications COG/ATM/TNG/TF

PHASE 1 – KEY POINTS (CONTINUATION) • social issues • development/selection of final test(s) • raters’ selection and training • maintaining of achieved language proficiency • prerequisite English requirements for ab initio ATC and pilot training • preliminary reports to ICAO on progress achieved COG/ATM/TNG/TF

PHASE 2 – KEY POINTS • testing of pilots and controllers • language proficiency maintenance programmes • retesting and retraining programmes • final report to ICAO on implementation COG/ATM/TNG/TF

ACTION PLAN (next versions) • revision and detailing of some key issues COG/ATM/TNG/TF EANPG

817 DAYS ARE LEFT BEFORE 5 MARCH 2008. HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING HARD ON YOUR ENGLISH? COG/ATM/TNG/TF