Letter of Letter of IIntentntent

Sarajevo, April 2013Sarajevo, April 2013

Following high level meeting held in Sarajevo on April 29, 2013 between regional DGs and CEOs of national regulatory and supervisory authorities and air navigation service providers, the hereafter signatories,Having regard to the obligations of the Signatory States stemming from the ICAO Chicago Convention and in particular considering the strategic issues that address the challenge of integration, interoperability and harmonization of systems in support of the concept of “OneSky” for international civil aviation;

Having considered the evolving ATM environment in Europe, in particular the ongoing efforts to implement a Pan-European single sky and the strong impact of SES on future ATM regulation and service provision;Having regard to the agreement and commitment between the European Union and States which have signed the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) agreement;Having considered the need to provide our civil and military airspace users the best possible and seamless cross-border ATM performance in the important transit airspace in the South-East Europe and in the complex lower airspace;

Having considered the opportunity to improve airspace utilization and network management in the fragmented small and medium size FIRs in the SEE and the need to develop appropriate interface with neighbouring FABs;Having recognized and respect existing regional cooperation and the good results achieved under the ISIS Programme;Having regard to the high value, professional expertise of existing human resources in the region and the need the make best possible use of the available resources for supervision, planning, ATM technology deployment and possible common services;

Having considered that deployment of new technology in support of SES will require large investments, which could be reduced by close cooperation, working together on common projects, sharing investments and by common application for external funds (e.g. Trans-European Network development),have agreed upon following:

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The aim of JSPA Initiative is to provideThe aim of JSPA Initiative is to provide

for its participants and their stakeholders throughfor its participants and their stakeholders throughagreed projectsagreed projects whilst creating proactive relationshipswhilst creating proactive relationships

between regionalbetween regional CAAs and ANSPsCAAs and ANSPs

benefitsbenefits

The aim of JSPA Initiative is to provide benefits for its participants and their stakeholders through agreed projects whilst creating proactive relationships between regional CAAs and ANSPs

JSPA Initiative activities shall be based onJSPA Initiative activities shall be based on

real needs and possibilities,real needs and possibilities,

equalityequality

and utilization of existing resourcesand utilization of existing resources

developed towards benefiting from common ideas and interestsdeveloped towards benefiting from common ideas and interests

Resources nominated for the purposes

of JSPA Initiative

shall be enabled with full involvement

in activities related to it

JSPA Initiative shall be recognised as a suitable mean to put in practice already existing bilateral/multilateral agreements concluded among the signatories

JSPA is an initiative aiming to further promote Single European Sky concept in the regionEstablishment of the JSPA Initiative may create a new impetus triggering multilateral/bilateral relationships on CAA and ANSP levels

Scope of JSPA Initiative activities shall be in line with

European key performance areas

(KPAs)

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