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Seminar on guidance material on common projects for SESAR deployment

All information, documents and conclusions concerning this workshop that took place on Thursday 12 July 2012 can be found here .

Communication from the Commission on governance and incentive mechanisms for the deployment of SESAR, the Single European Sky's technological pillar

The European Commission has adopted a Communication (COM(2011)923 of 22.12.2011 [60 KB] ) on preparing the deployment phase of the SESAR Programme, the technological pillar of the Single European Sky (SES) sets the path for establishing governance and incentive mechanisms to deploy SESAR technologies in a timely and synchronised manner.

In the Communication, the Commission proposes to activate those SES instruments that will enable the timely and coordinated deployment of SESAR. In particular, it proposes to use "Common projects" and the related "guidance material" defined in Article 15a of Regulation (EC) 550/2004. Deployment incentive mechanisms, such as interim arrangements for steering on-going deployment activities and facilitating industrialisation processes, also include focussed EU financial support that will be channelled through the common projects. Before the end of 2012, and after consulting Member States and relevant stakeholders, the Commission plans to establish and adopt guidance material for common projects defining in detail the 3 levels of governance and the eligibility criteria for common projects.

As SESAR deployment will spread over many years, it is also necessary that ATM research and development remains closely interrelated with deployment and that it ensures the necessary technological reactivity required by an evolving operational environment. As the SESAR Joint Undertaking's mandate expires on 31.12.2016, the Commission will carry out the necessary evaluation and consultations with a view to submitting a relevant proposal before 2013 in view of extending the SJU's mandate.

• COM(2011)923 of 22.12.2011 [60 KB] - full text
• COM(2011)923 of 22.12.2011 [29 KB] - summary
• Press Release [9 KB]

Commission group of experts on SESAR Interim Deployment Steering (IDSG)

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As announced in its communication (COM(2011)923 of 22-12-2011 [60 KB] ) on preparing the deployment phase of the SESAR Programme, the European Commission has set up the IDSG as a transitional arrangement to steer the implementation of short term essential SESAR deployments identified as critical to performance and to achieve early benefits at European level. The central task of the IDSG will be to steer, coordinate and monitor short term implementation activities on the basis of an Interim Deployment Programme. The steering is primarily achieved through recommendations to the Commission and the oversight of their implementation. The IDSG is support by an Expert Team.

• Rules of Procedure and reference documents
  • Decision 2001-937 - Access to documents [137 KB]
  • Decision 2001-844 - Security [343 KB]
  • Regulation 45-2001 - Data Protect [242 KB]
  • IDSG Rules of Procedures [64 KB]
• IDSG meetings
  • IDSG1 - 29 February 2012
    • IDSG1 Master V1 [666 KB]
    • IDSG1 Draft agenda [13 KB]
    • IDSG1 Minutes [184 KB]
  • IDSG2 - 23 May 2012
    • IDSG2 Agenda [13 KB]
    • IDSG2 Slides [2 MB]
    • IDSG2 Conclusions [540 KB]
  • IDSG3 - 12 September 2012  
    • IDSG3 Agenda [17 KB]
    • IDSG3 Slides [2 MB]
    • IDSG3 Conclusions [164 KB]
  • IDSG4 - 13 November 2012
    • IDSG4 Agenda [24 KB]
    • IDSG4 Slides [376 KB]
    • IDSG4 Conclusions [143 KB]
• Expert Team meetings
  • ET/1 - 12 March 2012
    • ET/1 Agenda [69 KB]
    • ET/1 Slides [2 MB]
    • ET/1 Minutes [58 KB]
  • ET/2 - 26 April 2012
    • ET/2 Agenda [19 KB]
    • ET/2 Slides [2 MB]
    • ET/2 Conclusions [183 KB]
  • ET/3 - 22 May 2012
    • ET/3 Agenda [110 KB]
    • ET/3 Slides [4 MB]
    • ET/3 Minutes [141 KB]
  • ET/4 - 21 June 2012
    • ET/4 Agenda [16 KB]
    • ET/4 Slides [437 KB]
    • ET/4 Conclusions [402 KB]
  • ET/5 - 24 July 2012
    • ET/5 Agenda [83 KB]
    • ET/5 Slides [3 MB]
    • ET/5 Conclusions [106 KB]
  • ET/6 - 5 September 2012
    • ET/6 Agenda [13 KB]
    • ET/6 Slides [324 KB]
    • ET/6 Conclusions [205 KB]
  • ET/7 - 1 October 2012
    • ET/7 Interim Report [947 KB]
    • ET/7 Agenda [72 KB]
    • ET/7 Slides Part 1 [92 KB]
    • ET/7 Slides Part 2 [947 KB]
    • ET/7 Conclusions
  • ET/8 - 5 November
    • ET/8 Agenda [72 KB]
    • ET/8 Slides [452 KB]
    • ET/8 Conclusions
  • ET/9 - 12 December 2012
    • ET/9 Agenda [83 KB]
    • ET/9 Slides [537 KB]
    • ET/9 Conclusions
  • ET/10 - 24 January 2013
    • ET/10 Agenda [143 KB]
    • ET/10 Slides [578 KB]
    • ET/10 Conclusions

SESAR Deployment Task Force

SESAR is a fundamental component - the technological pillar - of the Single European Sky, alongside other vital elements such as Functional Airspace Blocks, the Performance Scheme (Performance Review Body), and the Network Manager. SESAR is now in the phase of development under the leadership of the Joint Undertaking, then followed by the deployment phase implying the large scale production and implementation of the new air traffic management infrastructure.

In response to the Council's request of March 2009, the European Commission should present proposals for the preparation and transition from the development to the deployment phase of SESAR, focusing in particular on the establishment of the appropriate governance and funding arrangements. As a first contribution to this objective, the European Commission issued a Staff Working Document in December 2010, in which it presented a preliminary assessment of different questions and options for consideration.

To assist the european Commission by providing input to the preparation of its proposal to the Transport Council before the end of 2011, it was decided to set up a dedicated task Force composed of representatives of the main European organisations that play a role in the implementation of the SES and SESAR. The Task Force issued its report in June 2011 [67 KB] , accompanied by the report of the Experts Group [268 KB] established by the Task Force to provide a technical contribution to its discussions.

The attached report from the Task Force does not reflect the views or the position of the European Commission or of its services.