Singapore hosts United Nations ICAO Trainair Plus global symposium

THE UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Global Symposium, held this week by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), is focused on "how to prepare tomorrow's aviation workforce with today's training tools".

After keynote speeches were delivered by Pang Kin Keong, permanent secretary, Ministry of Transport and ICAO Secretary-General Raymond Benjamin, the delegates exchanged views on the challenges, trends, techniques and best practices in aviation training worldwide.

Other areas for discussion include competency-based training, human resource development and partnerships for training. The symposium also seeks to increase awareness of ICAO's Trainair Plus Programme.

The Trainair Plus Programme aims to strengthen the international aviation training network by supporting ICAO member states in implementing high quality aviation training, using the latest available training technology and tools. Under the Programme, full members develop and share competency-based and cost-effective Standardised Training Packages (STPs).

At the symposium, the ICAO also presented certificates to seven training organisations that were recently certified as full members of the Trainair Plus Programme, the CAAS training arm, the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA).