AIRTRANSPORTANNUALREPORT2012 - Archive

EXTERNALRELATIONS
InternaonalCivilAviaonOrganisaon(ICAO)
The Internaonal Civil Aviaon Organizaon
(ICAO) is the specialized air transport agency
of the United Naons. The WBG and ICAO
have been working closely together on vari
ousairtransportissues.ICAOhasamongoth
er things provided safety and security audits
and supervision services for the Bank’s pro
jects in West and Central Africa and in the
South Pacific and has assisted in idenfying
needs and priories of air transport projects
invariouscountries.
InApril2012CharlesSchlumbergerrepresent
edtheWorldBankGroup(WBG)attheInter
naonalAirTransportSymposiumasspeaker
on the Panel: Financing Air Transport: Chal
lenges and Prospects (hp://www.icao.int/
Meengs/iats/Pages/default.aspx). On the
panel of financing air transportaon, he pre
sented the WBG air transport porolio, and
outlinedchallengesandopportunies.
In addion, the Bank maintained regular
contactandmeengswithICAOocialsdur
ing FY12.A parcularly prominent topic in
thesemeengshasbeentheongoingdebated
on environmental sustainability of aviaon.
With regards to this, ICAO, IATA, ATAG and
the WBG have been engaged in discussion
throughout the year with regards to a possi
blecooperaononthesengupofaglobal
schemeaddressinginternaonalaviaonCO2
emissions.
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