"d ro"ects e by ICAO
Five large-scale projects (US$ 500,000ormoreintotal)tobe executed by ICAO have been announced: three are country projects funded solely by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Indonesia, Republic of Korea and Nepal; another country project in Guinea is funded by Caisse Centrale de la Cooperation Economique (France) ; and the fifth is a regional project in Africa, funded by the OPEC Fund for International Development on behalf of ASECNA (Agence pour la Securite de la Navigation Aeri enne) Member States . Implementation of each proj ect already is under way . (Budgetary provisions following are expressed in US dollars.) • Indonesia. Thi s three- year project seeks to strengthen the Director ate General of Air Communi cation s (DGAC) through improvement of the DGAC' s organizational structure and enhancement of its ability to supervise the oper ation s of air carrier s, development of system s and procedures to permit national airworthiness certification of aircraft , training of personnel in essenti al op erational and technical disc iplin es. and upd ating of th e Country's Civil Aviation Ma ster Developm ent Plan . Th e Proje ct provid es for expert s con sisting of a flight oper ation s adviser / te am leader, an airworthiness adviser and a civil aviation advi ser . A fellow ship program totalling $ 21 6 . 700 provide s for tr aining abro ad of national personnel in flight operation s, airw orthine ss and aircraft maintenance. Tot al UNDP funding is nearly $ 608,000 ; the Governm ent' s contributi o n in kind will be equi valent t o $ 46,400 . • Republi c of Korea Anoth er t hree-yea r effort . thi s proj ect has several obj ecti ves. ( 1 ) develo pme nt of th e Civil Aviation Training Centr e and expansion of its ca pabilitie s to pro vide tr ainin g cour ses in radar, VOR and ILS equipm ent m aint enance ; and ( 2 ) pro visio n of a fellows hip prog ram for tr ainin g abr oad of nati onal co unt erpart instru ct ors and sc ho ol offi c ials.
Provision is made for short-term experts consisting of a training/planning adviser, a radar maintenance instructor, an ILS maintenance instructor and a VOR maintenanc e instructor. A fellowship program consisting of advanced courses in instruction techniques will provide training abroad for three national instructors and an allocation for group training will permit familiarization visit s by two officials to regional training centers in Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok and Singapore. For training equipm ent, $ 298,460 will be provided, which includes a VOR transmitter, an instrument landing system (ILS) and a supply of training book s and publication s. UNDP funding is $ 603 ,000 ; the Government' s contribution in kind w ill be equi valent to almo st $ 1 .05 million . • Nepal. Over th e next five years, this project will provide logi stic support for United Nation s and other development effo rt s in remot e areas of Nepal through the oper ation of a UNDP aircraft. It also w ill pro vide training for nation al pilot s, enginee rs and t ec hnic ians leading to th e eventu al establishm ent of a Flight Ope ration s Unit w ithin th e Departm ent of Civil Aviation . Provision is made of expert services by an operati ons manager / team leader , a pilot and a c hief airc raft mainten ance engin eer The proj ect is also fin anc ing four nati onal experts con sistin g of a pilot , two co-pilot s and an assist ant aircraft maint enance eng ineer. A program of group tr aini ng for pilot s and suppo rt person nel w ill be est ablished at a lat er dat e. Equipment tot alling $ 3 96 .8 00i s t o be provided The UNDP w ill provide $ 4 55,4 00 ; th e Governme nt' s con tribut ion in kind has not yet been det ermin ed • Guinea . The Guinean M inist ry of Transpo rt and Caisse Cent rale de la Coope rati on Econom ique (CCCE) have reached an agreeme nt w hereby t he latter w ill provide fund ing of a project in Guinea for th e reco nstr uc-
tion of the ta xiw ay ligh t ing an d airpor t elect rical di stribu t ion systems at Conakry-Gbe ssia Internat ion al Airp o rt. To this end , the Governmen t of Guine a, at the spec ific req uest of t he CCCE, has invited ICAO to assum e th e role of execu t ing ag en cy in co llabor ation w ith Aeroport de Paris. the latter in the cap acit y of con sult ing eng ineer to ICAO . Specifi ca t ions prep ared by Aer oport de Paris for equipm ent and sub contracts w ill be subje ct to appro val by ICAO prior to subm iss io n to th e Government w ho w ill issue the invi tations for sealed t end ers. Likew ise . evaluation of short -listed t ender s wi ll be carried out by t he Aer o por t de Par is and submitted to ICA O fo r rev iew and techn ica l appr oval. The CCCE budget ary provision is fo r a total of $ 666 , 670. e ASECNA. Th e OPE C Grant is intended to modern ize t he aeron auti c al tele c ommuni ca t ion s fa cil ities and the navigat io nal aids systems in seven of th e 1 5 Mem ber St ates of ASECNA , wi t h a view to assisti ng this Agen cy in it s end eavors to me et the requ iremen ts of the Regio nal Air Navigati on Plan w ith in the framework of the rec om me nd at ions cont ained in the ICAO Afr ican Tele co m munication s Stu dy . AS ECNA Me m ber States w hich w ill benef it from th e p rovisions of thi s proje ct are Cent ral African Repu blic , Chad , Cong o, M a li. Mauri t ania, Niger and Uppe r Vol t a. The maj or part of the equ ipment to be pur chased under th e pro j ect con sist s of rad io co m mu nicat ions equip ment for th e Aerona ut ica l Fixed Tele co m m unicat ions Network within AS ECNA M emb er Sta t es In addition , one DM E w ill be provided for co loc at ion w ith th e existing VOR in No uadh ibo u, one m ulti -channel com m uni cat io ns voice loggi ng system will be provided for inst al lat ion in Bam ako and on e fu lly equ ipped tower console to get her w ith a video information dis tr ibut ion system wi ll be supp lied to Niamey A irport The to t al OPEC Grant amounts to $ 1 mi llion .
Omega Na v igation C a n Now Be Used in the S 01U1 t h At Oantic , ac cording to the result s of an accurarcy validat ion study conducted by the US Coast Guard The pre c ise area that ha s been declared operational is bound ed approximatel y by 20 degree s nor th and 35 degrees south latitud e. and 70 degrees west and 20 degree s eas1 longitud e . l '.-l