2. COG/ATM/TNG/TF ICAO - EUROCONTROL EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (Brussels, Belgium, 27-28 October 2005)

3. COG/ATM/TNG/TF COG ACTIVITY COG CONCLUSION 32/1 - ICAO LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS a) That, the action plan, included as Appendix C to the COG/32 Report, be recommended to States as guidance material for the implementation of ICAO language proficiency requirements. b) That the ICAORD request States in a position to do so, to provide details of any available recourses, in order to produce a catalogue to assist States that will need to make use of external resources in meeting the new language requirements.

4. COG/ATM/TNG/TF ACTION PLAN: Phase 1 covers the period up to 5 March 2008 and deals with actions required to reach Level 4 proficiency Phase 2 after 5 March 2008, proposes actions for the maintenance of Level 4 proficiency or higher

5. COG/ATM/TNG/TF PHASE 1 – KEY POINTS awareness nomination of contact point(s) coordination of administrative and training matters assessment of current language proficiency level development of language training packages financial implications

6. COG/ATM/TNG/TF PHASE 1 – KEY POINTS (CONTINUATION) social issues development/selection of final test(s) raters selection and training maintaining of achieved language proficiency prerequisite English requirements for ab initio ATC and pilot training preliminary reports to ICAO on progress achieved

7. COG/ATM/TNG/TF PHASE 2 – KEY POINTS testing of pilots and controllers language proficiency maintenance programmes retesting and retraining programmes final report to ICAO on implementation

8. COG/ATM/TNG/TF ACTION PLAN (version 2) revision and detailing of some key issues COG/ATM/TNG/TF COG EANPG

9. COG/ATM/TNG/TF 857 DAYS ARE LEFT BEFORE 5MARCH 2008. HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING HARD ON YOUR ENGLISH?