The ICAO Annex 9 – Facilitation course is designed to provide relevant staff from Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) and relevant border control authorities with the competencies to deal collectively, in an inter-agency manner, with the development and implementation of Annex 9 provisions.

After successful completion of the course, participants will be able to: 

1. Describe ICAO’s Facilitation programme
2. Identify the roles and responsibilities of all the relevant border control authorities in facilitating the entry and departure of an aircraft,
3. Identify the responsibilities of all the relevant border control authorities and aircraft operators in facilitating the entry and departure of persons and their baggage,
4. Identify the procedures and responsibilities of all the relevant border control authorities in facilitating the entry and departure of cargo and other articles,
5. Identify the procedures and responsibilities of all the relevant border control authorities and aircraft operators in facilitating the repatriation of inadmissible persons and deportees,
6. Describe certain Facilitation subjects related to international airports, procedures when landing elsewhere than at international airports and assistance to aircraft accident victims and their families,
7. Identify the components of passenger data exchange systems,
8. Describe the State’s aviation response capabilities to a public health emergency of international concern,
9. Draft a sample National Air Transport Facilitation Programme 

• Module 0: Introduction
• Module 1: ICAO Facilitation Program Overview
• Module 2: Entry and Departure of Aircraft
• Module 3: Entry and Departure of Persons and their Baggage
• Module 4: Entry and Departure of Cargo and Other Articles
• Module 5: Inadmissible Persons and Deportees
• Module 6: Facilitation Provisions Covering Specific Subjects
• Module 7: Passenger Data Exchange System
• Module 8: Health related provisions
• Module 9: National Air Transport Facilitation Programmes

Middle management within Civil Aviation Authorities and border-control authorities involved in establishing and implementing the NATFP and NATFC.

This could include:

• Customs
• Immigration
• Health
• Quarantine
• Visa-issuing authorities
• Travel document-issuing authorities and agencies responsible for disability affairs, foreign affairs, law enforcement
• Other

Middle management level personnel in charge of facilitation activities from aircraft operators, airport operators, ground handling agents.

• Proficiency in the English language;
• Experience in the area of facilitation;
• Computer literacy.