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It is essential to develop, harmonize, formalize and For example, the indicator 1.001 Effective
manage indicators, considering their importance in Implementation (EI) rate is an indicator that ICAO
measuring factors that contribute to the success of uses to measure a State’s safety oversight capability.
operations, programmes and organizations. This EI indicator is tied to the ICAO’s strategic
Drawing from the work done by the United Nations objective of safety and indicates the level at which
Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable an ICAO Member State has implemented SARPs, or
Development Goals, ICAO sought input from the protocol questions (PQs). The EI indicator is also
Safety Performance Indicator Task Force (SPI-TF) included in GASP indicators for Goal 2: Strengthen
of the Global Aviation Safety Plan Study Group State’s safety oversight capabilities. The effective
(GASP-SG). The SPI-TF, which consists of various implementation rate can be computed as in
stakeholders representing regulators, industry and Equation 1 [11].
international organizations, developed and
reviewed the initial list of indicators using a ܧܫ ൌ ௨ ௦௧௦௧௬ ொ௦ ൈͳͲͲ (1)
standardized methodology established by ICAO. ௧௧ ௨ ொ௦
ICAO then formalized the indicators considering the
availability of data for analysis, measurement and
monitoring and published the indicators through
the online catalogue [10]. The ICAO indicator
catalogue is not an exhautive list, and may be
subject to change in the future.
Table 1 – ICAO indicator catalogue
1.001 Effective implementation (EI)
Runway inspections by finding category and inspec-
1.002
tion period Fig. 2 – The overall EI by State (as in June 2018)
1.101 Accident rate by operation type
Number of accidents by operation type, risk category The defined indicators are the building blocks that
1.102
and injury level link between data gathered from field operations to
1.103 Fatality rate by operation type useful information, or analysis results, which is the
1.104 Number of fatalities by operation type and risk category key component of the D3M process. Therefore, ICAO
Runway safety occurrences by occurrence category Member States and other stakeholders are invited
1.201
and occurrence class to use this global indicator framework when
1.202 Wildlife strikes by occurrence class and flight phase building their own list of indicators.
1.204 Long landings
1.205 Tailwind landings by threshold level 3.3 Safety Information Monitoring System
1.206 Runway remaining (SIMS)
1.303 IFR-IFR loss of separation (IFR-IFR LOS)
1.304 Large height deviation (LHD) in RVSM airspace In 2015 the second high-level safety conference was
1.305 TCAS events by advisory type held in Montreal; it was recommended to introduce
1.306 Emergencies by squawk code a phased approach for global information exchange.
2.301 Horizontal flight efficiency (HFE) – network The implementation of this recommendation
2.302 Horizontal flight efficiency (HFE) – local resorted in launching the Safety Information
1.401 Missed approaches Monitoring System (SIMS), in 2017. SIMS promotes
1.403 EGPWS alert events the cooperation among States and industry to
2.402 Continuous descent operations (CDO) collect and analyze all available information
pertinent to the monitoring of safety performance.
This indicator catalogue is intended to be used as In theory, SIMS is a web-based data and information
safety performance indicators as per the system comprised of applications generating
requirements outlined in Annex 19 ― Safety indicators to support States in their safety
Management [5]. These indicators help users management efforts. In practice, a system such as
analyse aviation data and draw actionable SIMS, facilitates and encourages States to not only
information and implement data-driven decision collect data, but also to convert this data into
making, and ultimately, contributing to an information, analyze and draw knowledge for
increased level of safety, capacity and efficiency. decision making.
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