ICAO Strategic Objectives
“As the global development of international forum for cooperation among its member states and with the world aviation community, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sets standards and recommended practices for the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation. In its ongoing mission to foster a global civil aviation system that consistently and uniformly operated at peak efficiency and provides optimum safety, security and sustainability, ICAO has established Strategic Objectives which form the basis for the Organizations activities. “. This is what ICAO claims, promotes and believes. The question is: Has ICAO really developed a set of Strategic Objective that are aligned and could be considered as value added towards the global civil aviation needs and future growth potentiality? I strongly believe that it has!
Doing a flashback, the “first into 21st century” Strategic action plan was adopted by ICAO council on the 7th of February 1997. These Strategic action plans were designed to adapt to the vision of the ICAO founders in Chicago and to ensure that the Organization responds to the major challenges that such implications represent for international civil aviation in the coming years and meet the related needs of all its Contracting States. According to (ICAO February 1997) the agreed by the council Strategic Objectives are the following:
a) Forster the implementation of ICAO standards and recommended practices to the greatest extent possible worldwide.
b) Develop and adopt new or amended standards, recommended practices and associated documents in a timely manner to meet changing needs.
c) Strengthen the legal framework governing international civil aviation by the development of new international air law instruments as required and by encouraging the ratification by states of existing instruments.
d) Ensure the currency, co-ordination and implementation of Regional Air Navigation plans and provide the framework for the efficient
Doing a flashback, the “first into 21st century” Strategic action plan was adopted by ICAO council on the 7th of February 1997. These Strategic action plans were designed to adapt to the vision of the ICAO founders in Chicago and to ensure that the Organization responds to the major challenges that such implications represent for international civil aviation in the coming years and meet the related needs of all its Contracting States. According to (ICAO February 1997) the agreed by the council Strategic Objectives are the following:
a) Forster the implementation of ICAO standards and recommended practices to the greatest extent possible worldwide.
b) Develop and adopt new or amended standards, recommended practices and associated documents in a timely manner to meet changing needs.
c) Strengthen the legal framework governing international civil aviation by the development of new international air law instruments as required and by encouraging the ratification by states of existing instruments.
d) Ensure the currency, co-ordination and implementation of Regional Air Navigation plans and provide the framework for the efficient