Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

• Aviation Security Sub-Group
• Aviation Experts Group
• 27th APEC TPT-WG Meeting
• Hanoi, Viet Nam
• ICAO Professional Management Course
• Submitted by New Zealand

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Course Objectives

• To provide guidelines for a common understanding
  of Annex 17 standards and recommended practices
• The guidance material for their implementation
  contained in the ICAO Security Manual (Doc 8973)
• To promote the use of management principles and
  best practices relevant to the field of AVSEC

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Course Objectives

• To promote intra-regional cooperation and create
  an AVSEC professional network, and
• To provide the ICAO Secretariat with possible
  misunderstandings in the interpretation of Annex
  17 for the purpose of proposing corrective
  actions to the AVSEC Panel of ICAO, with a view
  to modifying, if needed, Annex 17, the Security
  Manual as well as ICAOs AVSEC training packages.

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Course Modules

• 1. Global Environment
• 2. Terrorism
• 3. Understanding Annex 17 and the Security Manual
• 4. Establishing the Legal Framework
• 5. Establishing Coordinating Infrastructure
• 6. Financial Management
• 7. Development of Specific Measures to Comply
  with Annex 17
• 8. Including Security Measures in the Design of
  Infrastructures and Processes

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Course Modules

• 9. Project Management
• 10. Technology and Equipment
• 11. Quality Control
• 12. Human Resources Management
• 13. Management of Response to Major Security
  Emergencies
• 14. International Cooperation
• 15. Other Issues and Related Aspects

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Teaching Methodology

• Experienced instructors
• Presented in English and French at present
• First week in classroom-face to face sessions
• Approximately ten weeks of assignments and tests
  through online learning
• Some assignments are individual and some as a
  group
• Final week at the end of the course focuses on
  the final assignment and final exam

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Commitment

• I averaged approximately 10-15 hours per week
• Continual commitment is required for the whole
  time of the course
• Access to Internet obviously essential
• Euros 3,500, travel and accommodation expenses

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Benefits

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Annex 17
  SARPS
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the
  relevant Conventions
• Understanding of necessity for robust legislative
  and regulatory structure
• Standardisation of ICAOs vision and strategic
  objectives

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Benefits

• Professional business and personnel management
  knowledge and practices
• Ready access to other Professional Managers
  through the world
• Formal qualification from Concordia University

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Recommendations

• It is recommended that
• The sub-group note the relevance of the ICAO
  course to the effectiveness of implementing
  aviation security measures in the APEC region
  and
• Note the benefits as outlined in the presentation.

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Handouts

• ICAO Avsec-PMC Flyer
• ICAO Journal article-April 2005
• Training Schedule-2006