ATM Regional Cooperation between BLUE MED project and the EUROMED Aviation II Program

01/09/2014

The BLUE MED Functional Airspace Block (FAB) Project and the EUROMED Aviation II Project are both well aware of the benefits of improving the interface between national and FAB regional air navigation networks and increasing the harmonization of the Air Traffic Management (ATM) standards across the Mediterranean Area.

The participation of BLUE MED in the first EUROMED Interoperability Seminar held in Madrid in March 2014 has been the first step towards a relevant cooperation in the geographical area. In order to build up on that event, BLUE MED will organise in Roma, Italy, with EUROMED support, an important event during the Autumn 2014, covering the important aspects of network management and performance that should provide all interested stakeholders with a valuable understanding regarding the requirements for optimised interfacing of the EU and non-EU air navigation networks.

Other synergies of efforts and corresponding activities can be identified in the fields of airspace design, technical interoperability, ATCO training and licensing , as well as civil-military cooperation, that would deliver optimal benefits to stakeholders with harmonised rules, standards and procedures in all areas of the Mediterranean Sea as well as harmonising the common level of safety, security and efficiency.


The BLUE MED FAB initiative has, as one of its main objectives, that of extending its activities by attracting and assisting the non-EU States in the central-eastern part of the Mediterranean ,to become actively involved and eventually to adopt in the future the Single European Sky framework.

Project Partners are the EU Member States of Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta, together with the participation of Albania, Tunisia and Egypt as Associate Partners who entirely followed the BLUE MED FAB Project Feasibility and Definition Phases. Also taking part in the BLUE MED FAB Project Feasibility and Definition Phases were the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Lebanon with observer roles.

Euromed Aviation II (EUROMED) is a Programme funded by the European Commission which promotes the emergence of a Euro-Mediterranean Common Aviation Area, and supports an open and secure aviation market in the Mediterranean Partner Countries with a view to further integrating it into the EU. It supports all Mediterranean partner countries to approximate the EU aviation acquis, while seeking to enhance cooperation among the partner countries themselves and facilitating the convergence of partner countries’ air traffic management systems with the Single European Sky legislation. The Beneficiary Countries are currently Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.