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ICAOs new Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme Methodology
theContinuous Monito ring Approach (CMA)
ICAOs Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) was
initially launched in January 1999, in
response to widespread concerns about the adequacy of aviation
safety oversight around the world. Theultimate goal of USOAP is to
promote global aviation safety through regular audits of safety
oversightsystems in all ICAO Member States.
USOAP audits focus on a States capability to provide safety
oversight by assessing whether the State haseffectively and
consistently implemented the critical elements of a safety
oversight system and determiningthe State's level of implementation
of ICAOs safety-related Standards and Recommended Practices(SARPs)
and associated procedures and guidance material.
The programme was expanded in 2005 to the USOAP Comprehensive
Systems Approach (CSA) to includesafety-related provisions
contained in all safety-related Annexes to the Chicago Convention.
USOAP CSA
audits that ended in December 2010 entailed about 40 safety
oversight audits annually, with each ICAOMember State required to
host an audit at least once during the cycle.
In September 2007, the 36th Session of the Assembly adopted
Resolution A36-4, directing the Council toexamine different options
for the continuation of the USOAP beyond 2010, including the
feasibility ofapplying a new approach, based on the concept of
continuous monitoring and incorporating the analysis ofsafety risk
factors. The systematic and more proactive conducting of monitoring
activities in the newUSOAP Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA)
would make more effective and efficient use of ICAOresources and
reduce the burden on States caused by repetitive audits. USOAP CMA
would also increasethe role of other ICAO bureaux and the regional
offices (ROs), include States commitment to theprogramme by
providing ICAO with relevant safety information and expand and
amend ICAOs agreements
for the sharing of confidential safety information with
international entities and organisations.
In 2010, the 37th Session of the Assembly adopted Resolution
A37-5, affirming that the evolution ofUSOAP to the CMA should
continue to be a top priority for ICAO to ensure that information
on the safetyperformance of Member States is provided to other
Member States and to the travelling public on anongoing basis. This
vital enhancement of international aviation safety requires the
participation and supportof all Member States, particularly during
the two-year transition period when the tools and guidancerequired
for USOAP CMA will be developed and refined.
Within ICAO and globally the transition to USOAP CMA started in
2010 and is currently in progress. It isexpected that the
transition phase will continue until the end of 2012/ early
2013.
South Africa is fully in support of the USOAP CMA methodology
and its objectives which are global
aviation safety enhancement and therefore at the end of 2011 the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with ICAO pertaining to USOAP CMA was signed by the Department
of Transport on behalf of South Africa.
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Furthermore, the Acting Director of Civil Aviation, Mr Zakhele
Thwala, has proactively mandated a projectplan that will ensure
that South Africa is compliant with ICAO requirements in respect of
the eight criticalelements of a state aviation safety oversight
system. The Department of Transport is working with theSACAA in
this regard. The project will be launched on 1 March 2012 and end
December 2012. However,the essence of CMA is continuous monitoring,
and so going forward constant monitoring and review will be
taking place beyond 2013.
In summary, the high level phases of the project are:
1) SAAQ. Completion of the State Aviation Activity Questionnaire
(SAAQ) during March;2) PQs. ICAO Audit Protocol Questions (PQs)
which is in essence a detailed self-audit and which will
take place from May to July. During this period all technical
deficiencies which had been identifiedare to be addressed, such as
policy and procedural review and amendment, including TGM.;
3) Regulation Development. The fast tracking of any outstanding
regulatory developments and newICAO Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPs). This will start immediately and runconcurrently
with the other phases until approximately August;
4) ICAO CC & EFOD. The review and update of the ICAO
Compliance Checklists and the electronicFiling of Differences (CC
and EFOD) during August and September;5) Significant Differences.
Submission of all significant differences during October for
publication in
the AIP as per AIRAC; and6) Consolidation and Review. This will
take place during October and November.
Dated 27 February 2012.
