NAMIBIA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SAFETY WORKSHOP

The Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has launched a programme of safety initiatives as part of the implementation of the State Safety Programme and in compliance with the targets set out in the National Aviation Safety Plan 2023-2025. One of these initiatives is the introduction of safety workshops for aviation stakeholders to promote important safety topics and safety culture

These safety events have been developed by the NCAA Safety Promotion and Quality team (SPQ) who manage the State safety data collection and processing system (SDCPS) enabling extraction of safety trends and focus areas. This includes figures from the national occurrence database including incidents, accidents, hazards, findings, and safety recommendations These databases feed important safety issues into the forefront of NCAA’s attention for addressing during stakeholder events such as these workshops.

The first safety workshop was held in Windhoek at the NCAA head quarters on the 16th May 2022 and included 25 participants at the event and another 40 online participants online. The second safety workshop was held on the 29th September 2022, with 50 participants attending along with 15 online, at the Atlantic Villa Guesthouse and Conference Centre in Swakopmund.

NCAA has successfully implemented the MS Teams platform to ensure the events can be hybrid and thus cater for many more people that the limited spaces available for in-person events. The MS Teams platform allows anyone with a browser and the link to attend and does not require any installation of software like alternatives such as Zoom.

NCAA plans these workshops to be an annual event and the first workshop for 2023 is planned for April 27th at NCAA headquarters auditorium from 0900 to 1600 including lunch. This is a free safety event, open to all those involved or desiring to be involved in aviation

Those who wish to attend should please contact the NCAA SPQ department on spq@ncaa.na, it is important to book your seat, or to obtain the link for virtual attendees.