Civil Aviation Agency of the Republic of Macedonia

Organization of CAA
The CAA is organized as an aviation authority of the Republic of Macedonia and its establishment as such provides efficient and timely execution of the regulatory functions including a safety oversight system, as well as other functions connected to the economic oversight, flight permissions etc.
The CAA main bodies are the Management Board and the Director General. The MB is nominated by the Parliament. The DG is nominated by the MB.
The main competences and their execution actually define the reason for the existence of the CAA and are provided for in ICAO Doc 9734. These main functions are carried out by the various CAA Divisions as follows:
The International and Legal Affairs Division is in charge of some of the major regulatory functions comprising the safety oversight system of ICAO Doc 9734 - the Safety Oversight Manual, i.e. regulating, as well as issue of flight permissions.
The regulating competence is a prescriptive activity of the CAA for the purpose of creating the legal framework to be applied by the aviation industry and it includes drafting and conducting the procedure for concluding international agreements (bilateral and multilateral) that become national laws by means of their ratification, as well as procedures for drafting and enacting of national regulations aimed to harmonization with international and European aviation standards and regulations.
The Flight Safety and Security Division is in charge of performing the major regulatory functions related to air traffic, comprising the safety oversight system of ICAO Doc 9734 - the Safety Oversight Manual.
The main regulatory functions of this division include certification, oversight and enforcement measures related to aircraft operators, organizations engaged in aircraft manufacture, design, and maintenance, aircraft registration, as well as personnel licencing.
The Air Navigation Safety and Security Division is in charge with carrying out the main regulatory functions in regard to air navigation comprising the safety oversight system of ICAO Doc 9734 - the Safety Oversight Manual.
The main regulatory functions of this division include certification, oversight and enforcement measures related to air navigation service providers, as well as organization of search and rescue of aircraft and investigation of aviation incidents.
The Safety and Security of Airports and Protection of Passenger Rights Division is in charge of carrying out the main regulatory functions comprising the safety oversight system of ICAO Doc 9734 - the Safety Oversight Manual.
The major regulatory functions of this division include certification, oversight and enforcement measures related to airport infrastructure operators, providers of airport services, as well as organization of the passengers' rights protection.
The remaining administrative competencies of the CAA are carried out by:
The Cabinet of the Director General that is in charge with the internal audits, public procurements, human resources, economic oversight, coordination of the collecting of route charges and assistance to the work of the Director General;
The Finance and General Affairs units are in charge with the financial matters of the CAA and other secondary activities.
History
Establishment of the CAA
The need for establishment of the CAA, as civil aviation authority in Republic of Macedonia, derives from the ICAO Doc.9734 - Safety Oversight Manual.
The aim for establishment of the CAA, as civil aviation authority, is conducting the regulatory functions prescribed in the 8th Critical elements of a Safety Oversight System in one state as explain in the ICAO Doc.9734.
History of the CAA
Civil Aviation Authority in Republic of Macedonia is founded in 1994 with the Law for Civil Aviation Directorate, as body within the Ministry of transport and communications. The Directorate was established for performing the regulatory functions in the aviation as well as air navigation service provision.
In 2001 the name of the Directorate was changed into Civil Aviation Administration, without any further changes with regard to its status or responsibilities.
With the new Aviation Act from 2006, Civil Aviation Administration is transformed into the Authority under the name Civil Aviation Agency.
Under the Aviation Act, CAA should have a status of an independent state body outside of the Ministry of transport and communications, directly responsible to the Government of Republic of Macedonia and should not perform air navigation service provision.
The actual separation of the air navigation service provision from CAA happened in 2009 with establishment of the new ANS Provider M-NAV.
By amending the Aviation Law in May 2010, the Civil Aviation Agency of the Republic of Macedonia has been transformed from an independent administrative body under the governance of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in an independent regulatory body with public authorities, directly responsible to the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia.
The Civil Aviation Agency in their work during making decisions within their authorizations is entirely political, financial and functional independent of other state authority, other public legal person or company which carries on business in the field of aviation and is impartial.
Vision, Mission, Strategic goals and duties

VISION
Safe and efficient air services operation entirely iontegrated into the European transport net contributing to the sustainable development of the Republic of Macedonia.
MISSION
Regulation of the air transport activities of the Republic of Macedonia to ensure safe, regular, efficient, economically and ecologically sustainable national civil aviation that will be in accordance with the international standards and harmonized and integrated into the European Union, in the interest of all participating entities and particularly in the interest of the passenger safety.
STRATEGIC GOALS AND DUTIES
The aviation is a system being mutually dependent on all participants at international as well as at national level, all bearing an international responsibility therefore. The following is expected by the Safety and Aviation Standards Department of the Agency:
* establishment of the highest aviation safety standards increasing at the same time the level of aviation safety;
* establishment of the highest aviation security standards to minimize any risk and to ensure citizens mobility;
* achievement of regulatory efficiency and effectiveness by means of air transport continuous oversight and follow up and implementation of the international aviation standards and best practices;
* achievement of set goals through development of human recourses that is through initial and continuous training of its employees;
* introduction and implementation of the quality standards and the sustainability thereof;
* improvement of regional cooperation and promotion of leadership within the region;
* active participation in and cooperation with the international aviation organizations, such as ICAO, ECAC, EUROCONTROL, JAA and EASA, raising the reputation of the Republic of Macedonia on the international scene;
* its participation into the harmonization of the national aviation legislation with the EU aviation, as well as cooperation with the European Agency of Aviation Safety and European Commission;
* contribution to the sustainable economic and social development of the Republic of Macedonia;
* contribution in respect of problem solving regarding the impact of the aviation on the environment;
* determination of real possibilities and capabilities for adjustment to already started processes on regionalization and establishment of a functional airspace block (FSB) within our environment and building a strategy therein;
* emphasising the cooperation with the associations and clubs in the field of aviation, in the process of creation of development programmes regarding the aviation issues as a prerequisite and postulate to follow up and develop the aviation tradition of the Republic of Macedonia, using the opportunities for submission of application for the EU pre-accession fund projects.
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