Successful exchanges between CATI Commissioner of ECCAS and DG ASSA-AC

Libreville, Gabonese Republic, 01 April 2026-Arrived in Gabon as part of the organization of a workshop to publicize the common aviation safety regulations in Central Africa the Director General of the Aviation Safety Supervision Agency in Central Africa (ASSA-AC) Mr.Eugene APOMBIwas received this morning at the headquarters of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) by the Commissioner for Territorial Planning and Infrastructure of the ECCAS Commission, his ExcellencyDr.Maurice NIATY MOUUMBA.

The Director General of the Agency for the Supervision of Air Safety in Central Africa (ASSA-AC) has come to present to the officials of ECCAS the activities of which he chairs to the destinies, his progress, the achievements achieved during his term in the Member States, in particular the adoption of a common regulation on aviation safety and which constitutes a major advance. For, "All CEMAC member states will have to migrate to this new regulation by 31 December of the current year in order to improve aviation safety supervision in Central Africa in a uniform manner," said the Agency's head.

SirEugene APOMBIhas deepened some fundamental missions ofThe Aviation Security Supervision Agency in Central Africa, namely,contribute to the social and economic development of CEMAC States by improving the safety and efficiency of air transport in all Member States and associated States, the definition and establishment of harmonized and uniformly applied regulatory processes for the certification and supervision of air carriers, maintenance and training organizations and international airports, in accordance with the provisions of the Chicago Convention and the relevant Annexes and related documents.

In other words, the Agency's aim is to increase the level of safety and effectiveness of air navigation in the subregion by (1) establishing a regional central point to accompany States in the treatment of all matters of air carrier certification and technical inspections in a unified manner, with a view to harmonizing and standardizing the associated policies and procedures, (2) facilitating a coordinated and shared approach to the use of local technical expertise in the supervision of safety made available to the civil aviation authorities of the Member States, in order to avoid any duplication of efforts and ensure that those authorities derive maximum benefit from the resources made available to them, (3) increasing the professional knowledge and qualifications of national inspectors by providing them with formal and in-service training in technical functions and tasks relating to their employment, (4) carrying out the certification and supervision tasks of regional air carriers on behalf of administrations whose capacities are reduced, or improving the supervisory capabilities of other civil aviation authorities of the Member States, up to the required level of safety certification and supervision of the required air carriers and the establishment of the required security arrangements.

The Commissioner for Territorial Planning and Infrastructure of the ECCAS Commission reminded his host to always focus on the main role of the peoples of Central Africa, towards whom all our policies are directed. The two interlocutors also discussed issues of training, personal data protection and, above all, connectivity between Member States. "I am paying attention to everything that concerns transport and my first concern remains thorny problem of connectivity between Member States of the Community,"SEM Dr. Maurice NIATY MOUUMBA.

Air Safety Supervision Agency in Central Africa (ASSA-AC)was created on 25 April 2007 and established as a specialized institution of CEMAC in July 2012 by the Conference of Heads of State of CEMAC. Its county seat is Chad.