Funding for translation of all parts has been identified. Part VII, Systems Testing, is being finalized at present and will be ready for validation soon. Initial work on Parts X and XI, that is, Programme Development and Regulating Authority, will commence in early 1999. The scope of each package has, in the main, been confined to those aspects which prevent, serve to prevent, or assist in the response to, acts of unlawful interference. A conscious effort has been made not to expand the material beyond those parameters.
Maximum use is made of audiovisual aids.
The instructor is carefully guided concerning the local portion of the content, which generally amounts to about 15 per cent of the total material. Traditionally, ICAO has not been involved in training in any discipline to the extent it is now involved with aviation security. However, this shift is consistent with the high priority accorded aviation security by the last two ICAO assemblies. Nevertheless, there is a limit to this involvement and ICAO must be particularly careful not to encroach on a sovereign State's area of responsibility. Once these training packages are in place, ICAO will maintain their currency and further develop them to meet changing needs.