This course is oriented towards the responsibilities faced by Civil Aviation Authorities for planning, managing, coordinating and responding to emergencies, crises and natural disasters affecting civil aviation.

• Understand current practices and standards for emergency planning.
• Develop organizational responsibilities and accountability statements.
• Evaluate, based on best practices and emerging standards, the preparedness of accountable organizations of the Civil Aviation Authority.
• Meet the norms and standards of the risk management authority to which the Civil Aviation Authority is accountable, both public and private where applicable.

• Director generals of civil aviation authorities 
• Directors of airport administrations 
• ANS providers and ground handling general managers 
• Senior executives from airlines
• All individuals from civil aviation organisations, private sector companies and organisations in the air transportation industry who have the potential for holding senior management responsibilities.

The course will examine the legal and contractual responsibilities faced by Civil Aviation Authorities today, given the continuing development of autonomous aviation services providers.

Organisationally and from an operational viewpoint, clear definitions of responsibilities, accountabilities and consequences resulting from an incident or accident of major proportion is a key factor in managing in a Civil Aviation Authority today.

This course will examine the necessary responses that a prudent Civil Aviation Authority will need to address to discharge in an accountable manner, its responsibilities for crisis planning and management of major or catastrophic events.