USTDA Update: Summer 2004 - USTDA Leads Inter-Agency International Aviation Committee

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USTDA Leads Inter-Agency International Aviation Committee

USTDA is serving as the lead agency on a new inter-agency committee on international aviation safety and security (CIASS). The committee is dedicated to the coordination of technical assistance in the areas of aviation safety and security in developing countries.

“By working together, our agencies can develop an international technical assistance strategy that is greater than the sum of its constituent parts,” said USTDA Director Askey at the CIASS inaugural meeting. “The commercial and foreign policy importance of this sector to our country demands nothing less.”

CIASS will strengthen the impact of U.S. aviation and security assistance through a strategic, government-wide focus on priority projects. The Committee Secretariat, composed of USTDA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will maintain a database of U.S. Government-sponsored technical assistance activities and will disseminate information to CIASS member departments and agencies.

In addition to USTDA and FAA, six other U.S. Government agencies serve on the committee. They are the Departments of Transportation, State, Commerce, and Defense; the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Agency for International Development; and the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Committee members are meeting regularly to establish priorities and strategies for the delivery of technical assistance. Through this coordination, CIASS is strengthening the overall effectiveness of U.S. Government sponsored technical assistance in developing countries.

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