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Wednesday – May 25, 2005

    20:30 Dinner

Welcome dinner offered by Transport Canada. Patio Colonial at the Hotel Charleston Cartagena

Thursday – May 26, 2005

09:00-09:15 Opening Session

Merlin Preuss, GEASA Chairman / Director General Civil Aviation - Canada

   
09:15-09:30 Welcome and opening remarks from the host of the WHTI-GEASA meeting and the Chairman

Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe, Director General - Special Administrative Unit / Civil Aviation - Colombia

Merlin Preuss, GEASA Chairman / Director General Civil Aviation - Canada

   
09:30-09:45 Review of the Agenda

Merlin Preuss, GEASA Chairman / Director General Civil Aviation - Canada

   
09:45-10:00 GEASA Overview & Progress

Bob Shuter, Director of International Aviation and Technical Programs / Transport Canada

   
10:00-10:15 Review of the 3rd Meeting Decision Record and activities under GEASA

Poppy Vineberg, Senior Advisor, International Aviation and Technical Programs / Transport Canada

   
10:15-10:30 Status of action items from previous meetings

Poppy Vineberg, Senior Advisor, International Aviation and Technical Programs / Transport Canada

   
10:30-10:50 Break
   
10:50-11:20 GREPECAS AVSEC Committee Project - Update on Workshops and Seminars

Raymond Ybarra, Regional Director, ICAO – North American, Central American and Carribean Office

 
11:20-12:00 ICAO Technical Cooperation Activities in CAR/SAM Regions - Update

Eng. Walter Amaro, Chief, Field Operations, ICAO - Technical Co-operation Bureau, The Americas

 
12:00-13:30 Lunch – Hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia. Restaurant Gollerías - Hotel Charleston Cartagena
 
13:30-14:00 Review and prioritization of new project proposals according to the GEASA criteria and template

Open discussion

 
14:00-15:00 Pan American Aviation Safety Team (PAAST) – Overview of activities

Raymond Ybarra, Regional Director, ICAO – North American, Central American and Carribean Office

 
15:00-15:15 Break
   
15:15-16:00 ISO 9000

Captain Julio Enrique Consuegra, Director, Air Safety Secretariat / Civil Aviation of Colombia

   
16:00-16:30 Safety Management Systems

Bob Shuter, Director of International Aviation and Technical Programs / Transport Canada

   
16:30-17:00 Assistance to States on developing Safety Management Systems

Raymond Ybarra, Regional Director, ICAO – North American, Central American and Caribbean Office

Friday – May 27, 2005

09:30-09:40 Overview of the Agenda items for the day

Merlin Preuss, GEASA Chairman / Director General Civil Aviation - Canada

   
09:40-10:00 Sources of funding - update

Canadian Government's new Counter-terrorism Capacity Building Program - Overview

Poppy Vineberg, Senior Advisor, International Aviation and Technical Programs / Transport Canada

   
10:00-10:50 Civil Aviation Programs to Reduce General Aviation Accidents (requested at GEASA/3)

Presenters to be announced

   
10:50-11:10 Break
   
11:10-12:00 Prohibition against interference with Crew Members - Canada’s Regulatory Initiative

Poppy Vineberg, Senior Advisor, International Aviation and Technical Programs / Transport Canada

   
12:00-13:30 Lunch
   
13:30-14:00 Update on the North American Aviation Trilateral (NAAT)

Tentative – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – USA or

Bob Shuter, Director of International Aviation and Technical Programs / Transport Canada

   
14:00-14:20 TBA
   
14:20-15:00 Project of cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Training on Airport Security

Doctor Carlos Arturo Suárez Robledo - Colombia

   
15:00-15:30 TBA
   
15:30-15:40 Other matters

Merlin Preuss, GEASA Chairman / Director General Civil Aviation – Canada

All

   
15:40-15:50 Next meeting and closing remarks

Merlin Preuss, GEASA Chairman / Director General Civil Aviation – Canada

Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe, Director General - Special Administrative Unit / Civil Aviation - Colombia

All

 


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