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local Monday 19 SepteMber 2022

Prime minister of Aruba together with

Kingdom ministers will meet with UN in

New York

ORANJESTAD – Prime min- The delegation will be led be various events orga-
ister of Aruba, Evelyn Wev- by the prime minister of the nized with focus on topics
er-Croes together with the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. of importance for Aruba,
prime ministers of Cura- Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
çao, Gilmar Pisas and of Aside from meeting with Among others, these are
Sint Maarten, Silveria Ja- colleagues from the region regarding education, cli-
cobs will take part in the and with organizations mate, female leadership,
77th General Assembly of within the United Nations, and Small Island Develop-
the United Nations (AVVN). during this week there will ing States (SIDS).
According to team of experts from ICAO

Implementation of sustainable system necessary to guarantee

security level in aviation in Aruba

During the month of Sep- the goal is for Aruba to be- Directive Luchtvaart Aruba system that complies with which will open economic
tember, work was started in come a leader of aviation began going over all the the international standards opportunities in the avia-
regards to the evaluation of in the Caribbean. In order laws and processes that fall of aviation. tion sector, opportunities
compliance in the aviator to achieve this, the ministry under Directie Luchtvaart, which for a long time al-
sector in Aruba. A team of of Transport together with and with cooperation of It’s one thing to implement ready have the potential
the International Civil Avia- the Department of Civil ANSA (Air Navigation Ser- the system, another to sup- to be used to benefit the
tion Organization (ICAO) Aviation of Aruba (Directie vices Aruba) and the air- port the system aviation sector in Aruba.
held various extensive ses- Luchtvaart) committed to port, they dealt with for An improvement point that
sions to go over every law taking steps to improve the example issues of certifi- was mentioned is the sus- The government of Aruba
and current civil aviations level of compliance with cation and monitoring at tainability of the system and Directie Luchtvaart
processes in order to be- ICAO standards. the airport, air navigation that is to be developed are taking steps to make
ing identifying points for im- and flight operations and li- and implemented. This all this possible, and one
provement. During five intensive days cense, providing guidance cannot be only for the au- of these is to make the
during which the ICAO ex- and assistance on each of dit, it involves maintenance department autonomous
As was previously reported, perts as well as the team of these themes. as well. ICAO’s team com- from the government. This
mented that in order to will open opportunities for
By the end of the week, maintain these standards, the department to function
minister of Transport, Ursell Directie Luchtvaart requires more independently and
Arends paid a visit to Di- financial resources as well be in a position to generate
rectie Luchtvaard, where as human resources. Train- income that will contribute
he met with the team from ings that will have to take to better safety in aviation
ICAO to get a summary of place and take a long for Aruba.
how the evaluation is go- time, and this is why it is ex-
ing and how the team sees tremely important to invest Minister Arends thanks the
Aruba positioned for a pos- in the professionals who team of experts from ICAO
sible audit that might take have the capacity, as well as well as colleagues from
place next year. as retaining these profes- Sint Maarten who came to
The ICAO team assured the sionals, in order to support Aruba to partake in the ses-
minister that they are very the system. sions and collaborate to el-
positive regarding the on- evate the level of aviation
going process and particu- Another attention point is security in the Caribbean.
larly satisfied with the team regulation, security guides It is also important to note
of professionals in the field, that need to be adjusted, that the visit of ICAO in Aru-
who are working with dedi- as well as legislation that ba is making history by be-
cation so that together needs to be strengthened. ing the first team of experts
they can elevate the level consisting entirely of wom-
of security in Aruba’s civil The possible audit that will en, surely an achievement
aviation. They admire the take place contributes to for equality, diversity and
commitment from Directie elevating the internation- gender inclusion.
Luchtvaart to implement a al classification of Aruba,