Eurocontrol and ICAO have expanded their partnership for training aviation professionals worldwide today.
The latest agreement builds on Eurocontrol’s existing role as a corporate partner in the ICAO Trainair Plus programme and focuses on providing mentoring opportunities.
Part of the ICAO Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) programme, the training aims to ensure sufficient human resources for the sustainable development of the global flight network.
The training course will support new entrants into aviation, especially for recruits from under-represented groups. It aims to make aviation more attractive for junior and middle-level professionals.
The agreement covering the training programme was signed in Montreal, Canada last week by Eurocontrol’s director general Raúl Medina and ICAO’s Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar.
“We are proud to be working with ICAO to support our stakeholders with a pragmatic, efficient and expert course that will help them to develop, deploy and manage a successful mentoring programme on local level. This course is part of our global approach to support our stakeholders and ensure that aviation careers are available to as many diverse groups as possible,” said Raúl Medina.
“Global aviation needs everyone who has the ability and the motivation to pursue the highly rewarding career paths offered by our industry. ICAO is fully committed to help open these pathways to all, especially by breaking down barriers to participation. Our cooperation with Eurocontrol on mentoring will provide an important boost to our efforts in this area,” said Salazar.
Eurocontrol is leading the programmes delivery in Europe while ICAO will manage courses elsewhere in the world. The target audiences for the first wave of courses are people working in the aviation sector in the fields of HR, human factors specialists, and diversity, equity and inclusion.