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Commission invitation to CNS infrastructure workshop

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Preliminary CNS action plan draft 3.3 (clean).pdf
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Commission invitation to CNS infrastructure workshop

6 April 2022: Following the CNS workshop held on 7 May 2021, the participation of the CNS Advisory Group of experts was extended with experts from multiple association stakeholders, the chair team of the Expert Group of the Human Dimension of SES and the chair team of the SES Industry Consultation Body.

This enlarged group has been working to update the draft CNS report and the group has prepared a preliminary CNS action plan along with tasks for a CNS Programme Manager considering the feedback received from various stakeholders since the workshop held in May 2021.  

Support from a large range of stakeholders on the proposed recommendations and the preliminary CNS action plan will be essential to ensure a collective effort to implement them. Therefore, it is important that experts from different stakeholder groups are informed about the ongoing work and get another occasion to comment so that the work of the experts can be consolidated within the next weeks.

The Commission is therefore pleased to extend an invitation to another stakeholder workshop on the evolution of the European CNS infrastructure which is scheduled for Thursday 28 April between 1400-1700 CEST

At the workshop, the experts who contributed to the report will present the updated recommendations and the preliminary action plan.

ERA members interested in taking part in the workshop should register using this link.

In the downloads section in the top right, you can access the updated CNS report, the preliminary action plan and proposed tasks for a CNS Programme Manager (locked for members only).

ERA will participate to the workshop and should members require any further information, have questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact nick.rhodes@eraa.org

 

15 June 2021: DG MOVE held a workshop following up on the 11 recommendations put forward by the CNS Advisory Group on 7 May 2021.

These recommendations are:

  • Translate the Master Plan’s CNS roadmap into a ‘CNS evolution plan’ with short, medium, and long-term objectives/priorities.
  • Improve cost-efficiency through rationalisation, including decommissioning of CNS facilities.
  • Implement CNS infrastructure applying a performance-based approach in a way that is simple and cost-efficient.
  • Conceive an integrated CNS evolution maximising synergies and addressing security for Communication, Navigation and Surveillance services.
  • Develop a long-term EU strategy and policy to improve aviation spectrum efficiency as a driver of the CNS evolution.
  • Reduce the carbon footprint of the CNS infrastructure to maximise aviation's contribution to achieving European net zero carbon emissions targets.
  • Demonstrate operational and technical interoperability and scalability of the infrastructure before deployment.
  • Develop robust CNS implementation business cases involving stakeholders at the earliest possible opportunity.
  • Ensure smart use of incentives to support stakeholders in their implementation of the CNS evolution plan…
  • Apply a smart(er) approach when developing technical CNS regulations to support the implementation of the CNS evolution plan.
  • Establish a holistic CNS programme management to ensure successful implementation of the CNS evolution plan.

Whilst the recommendations are supported in principle, further clarification is required on the technical action plan and on the governance and incentive mechanisms.

Subsequently, ERA along with the main European associations, and led / co-ordinated by IATA, have produced a common airspace user position on the report, which can be found here.

The presentation from the workshop can be accessed here.

If you require further information, please contact nick.rhodes@eraa.org