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Report on operations

International activities

In an international context, ENAV is engaged at various levels and in numerous
institutional and industrial contexts in contributing towards a coherent and
effective evolution of the ATM sector in order to achieve the objectives deriving
from international laws and regulations, in particular with reference to the Single
European Sky.
The A6 group (an alliance of major European service providers made up of ENAV,
DSNA, DFS, NATS,AENA and the consortium of North European ANSPs, NORACON),
strengthened the alliance in order to ensure the coordination of its strategies
within the Sesar Joint Undertaking and within the new governance structure of the
implementation phase through the Sesar Deployment Manager. This initiative led
to a significant expansion of areas of common interest and to the adoption of a
governance framework to give the Group a solid and stable structure that will lead to
the signature of a new Memorandum of Cooperation by the group components. Such
agreement became necessary in view of the evolution of the group both in terms of
membership with a new component in the A6 group, namely the Polish PANSA, and
in terms of participation in the main activities that characterize the European ATM
scenario in relation to the Sesar program.
At the end of 2014, the Sesar Deployment phase was launched with the setting up
of the Sesar Deployment Alliance (SDA), of which ENAV is part, and the signature
of the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) between the European Commission
and the SDA Consortium, as detailed below, following the positive outcome of the
selection process.
Following an intense ramp-up phase, the activities of the Sesar Deployment Manager
were quickly brought up to speed thanks to the significant contribution of ENAV
personnel.
The contract that was signed between the SDA consortium and the European
Commission also includes the 2015 Deployment Programme, that constitutes the
work program for the Deployment Manager and for all the operational entities
that are called upon to implement the Regulation (EU) No. 716/2014, which is also
known as the Pilot Common Project (PCP).
The Deployment Program must be considered as a reference for all the operational
entities for local planning purposes inasmuch as the alignment of such plans generates
a greater chance to obtain the EU co-funding allocated for the implementation of
the PCP, which is mandatory by Law. Indeed, the Deployment Program will become
the reference document of the European Commission for identifying the European
funding priorities for the air transport sector.
The European Commission assigned to ENAV, together with other members of the
SDA consortium, the activities associated with the Deployment Manager up to
September 2016.

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