Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme Continuous Monitoring Approach (USOAP CMA)

Subject :Economy

Context:

India jumps to 48th place in ICAO aviation safety ranking

Details.

India is now at the 48th position, a “quantum leap” from the 102nd rank it had in 2018.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) got the highest Effective Implementation (EI) score of 85.49 per cent.
The rankings are for 187 countries.
Under ICAO’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) Continuous Monitoring Approach–an ICAO Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) was undertaken from November 9 to 16.
Other countries’ ranking
- Singapore-1st
- UAE-2nd
- Republic of Korea-3rd
- France-4th
- Georgia-48th (along with India)

Concept:

International Civil Aviation Organisation

ICAO was created in 1944 by the Chicago Convention in order to promote the safe and orderly development of civil aviation around the world.
- The Chicago Convention established the core principles permitting international transport by air, and also led to the creation of the ICAO
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was established to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).
ICAO is a United Nations (UN) specialized agency.
Its objective is to foster the planning and development of international air transport so as to ensure the safe and orderly growth of international civil aviation throughout the world.
India is among its 193 members.
It is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
The ICAO laid the foundation for the standards and procedures for peaceful global air navigation.
It works to reach a consensus on the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and policies for international civil aviation.
- These SARPs and policies are used by ICAO Member States to ensure that their local civil aviation operations and regulations conform to global norms, which in turn permits more than 100,000 daily flights in aviation’s global network to operate safely and reliably in every region of the world.
The ICAO is governed by the ICAO Council, which is headed by a President.

Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme Continuous Monitoring Approach (USOAP CMA)

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) was established in 1999.
It aims to promote global aviation safety.
It is done through regular audits of ICAO Member States to determine their ability to maintain their safety oversight systems.
This enables the State to ensure the implementation of ICAO’s safety-related Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and associated procedures and guidance material.
In addition, it provides ICAO with a means to continuously monitor the States’ fulfillment of their safety oversight obligations.
The programme is managed by the Monitoring and Oversight office within the Air Navigation Bureau.