Monitoring major accomplishments and unmet safety challenges within sub-Saharan Africa has become simpler today than in the recent past (ASW, 11/06). Effective global exchanges of safety data, the transparency of initiatives involving the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and detailed reporting by regional aviation safety groups have made this possible, say a number of the organizations with expertise. They typically point to remarkable advances by some states, airlines and airports that demonstrate what is possible. Nevertheless, they still see too many of the broadest initiatives falling behind agreed-upon timetables.
One new monitoring aid is ICAO’s Regional Performance Dashboards, interactive website information displays posted in May at <www.icao.int/safety/pages/regional-targets.aspx…
