The Annex broadens and reinforces the scope of cooperation between EUROCONTROL and ICAO across a wide range of key areas for the future of aviation. These include:
- Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP): benchmarking and harmonising performance frameworks and coordinating regional and national air navigation planning.
- Cybersecurity: supporting ICAO’s global cybersecurity strategy and awareness initiatives.
- Environmental sustainability: promoting good practices, capacity-building and support for the development of sustainable aviation fuels.
- Diversity and inclusion: advancing programmes and activities to attract and retain the next generation of aviation professionals.
- Civil-military cooperation: enhancing interoperability and crisis preparedness while ensuring dynamic airspace management.
- Higher Airspace Operations and Space Transport: contributing to the safe integration of new airspace users and space operations.
- Innovation and digitalisation: sharing European experiences and fostering the global uptake of new technologies, from trajectory-based operations to system-wide information management.
- Advanced Air Mobility and unmanned aviation: supporting ICAO’s development of frameworks for drones/RPAS and emerging air mobility concepts.
- Safety and contingency management: assisting States with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices, strengthening crisis responses, and supporting safety plan development.
- Regional cooperation: reinforcing collaboration across the ICAO EUR/NAT region, with EUROCONTROL continuing to play a key role in areas such as reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) monitoring, and route network optimisation.
The Annex also puts a strong emphasis on practical collaboration, ranging from joint events, to technical assistance and benchmarking exercises, ensuring that ICAO and EUROCONTROL continue to complement one another in their efforts to support States and aviation stakeholders worldwide.
