AIA Management Expert

the organizational setting

under the icao capacity development and implementation directorate (cdi), the operations section (fos) is responsible for the strategic planning, development, execution, and evaluation of projects. Fos supports the identification of priority development needs in the civil aviation sector and offers technical cooperation to recipient states. Fos executes projects in accordance with icao/cdi policies and contractual modalities. Icao/cdi is supporting the government of the republic of armenia in the institutional reform of the civil aviation committee (cac), as established in project document arm
24802. This project is implemented under the management service agreement (msa) signed between icao and the government of armenia on 8 march 2024. Within this framework, the project provides structured technical assistance to transform the current cac from a government department operating within civil service constraints into an autonomous, technically competent, and financially sustainable authority fully capable of fulfilling its safety oversight mandate in accordance with icao standards and recommended practices (sarps).

In addition, this project aims to support the necessary institutional reforms to increase effectiveness, sustainability, and independence of the aasiid.

armenia's civil aviation sector is currently regulated by the civil aviation committee (cac), a government body operating within the state civil service framework. The cac faces structural challenges that constrain its effectiveness as a safety oversight body: it operates under civil service hr frameworks that limit its ability to attract and retain qualified technical specialists; it is dependent on the state budget with limited cost-recovery mechanisms;

and its primary legislation and regulatory framework require updating to align with applicable icao sarps.

icao's universal safety oversight audit program (usoap) findings have identified gaps in armenia's safety oversight capabilities that can only be sustainably resolved through fundamental institutional reform. The government of armenia, in cooperation with icao, has committed to transforming the cac into an autonomous cac capable of fulfilling its safety oversight mandate on a sustainable basis and to increase effectiveness, sustainability, and independence of the aasiid.

project arm
24802 supports this transformation through three integrated reform pillars: (i) institutional and legislative reform — establishing the legal, regulatory, and governance framework for an autonomous cac and independent aasiid; (ii) organizational, administrative and functional review — restructuring the institution's organization, processes, and manuals; and (iii) sustainable financing and human resources framework — establishing cost-recovery mechanisms and a competitive hr framework to attract and retain qualified staff.

• diagnostic phase: assessment of the current cac's and aasiid’s legal, institutional, organizational, financial, and hr frameworks; review of usoap findings and national legislative context.
• reform design phase: development of reform recommendations, legislative drafts, organizational models, financial frameworks, and hr policies aligned with icao sarps, related guidance and best practices. As applicable.
• implementation support phase: technical assistance to cac and aasiid in implementing approved reforms, including staff capacity building and stakeholder engagement.

• assess the current legal, institutional, and operational arrangements for accident and serious incident investigation in armenia, including independence from the cac and other operational stakeholders, in line with icao annex 13.
• develop recommendations for the establishment of an effective, independent and sustainable aasiid , including its mandate, governance structure, reporting lines, and functional, structural and financial independence .
• design the organizational set-up for the aasiid, to cover all investigation related policies, as well as investigator qualification and experience requirements, and the necessary equipment, in accordance with icao annex 13, related guidance material and best practices, as applicable.
• advise on development of the necessary investigation related policies and procedures in accordance with icao annex 13, related guidance material and best practices, as applicable.
• advise on inter-agency…