Description 

The Standard of Excellence in Safety Management Systems (SoE in SMS) supports ANSPs with building, implementing and improving their Safety Management Systems (SMS) in accordance with international standards and regulations, including International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) Annex on Safety Management (Annex 19).

The SoE in SMS is linked with the annual EUROCONTROL/CANSO Standard of Excellence in Safety Management Systems Measurement Questionnaire. It helps participating ANSPs better understand the drivers and benefits of safety management system (SMS) maturity, track key and emerging trends and industry best practices in safety management, thus enhance aviation safety performance for all airspace users.

Best Practices

• Managers Dashboard Best Practice
• 2018 WG - Manager's Safety Dashboard
• Safety Performance Indicators
• Fatigue Risk Dashboard
• Safety Evolution Guide: Partnership for Safety and Local Safety Councils - Safety Data Portal and Air Traffic Control (ATC) infoHUB
• Safety Performance and Risk Monitoring
• SMS Optimised Practice
• NAV Canada - Risk and Opportunity Based Corporate Safety Plan

Evolution Guides

• CANSO SMS Evolution Guide
• NAV Canada - Safety Evolution Guide: Fatigue Risk Dashboard
• NAV Canada - Safety Evolution Guide: Risk and Opportunity Corporate Safety Plan
• Airservices Australia - Safety Evolution Guide: Just Culture
• Airservices Australia - Safety Evolution Guide: Safety reporting, investigation and improvement
• Safety Evolution Guide: The Austrian Just Culture Journey
• LVNL - Safety Evolution Guide: Integral Safety Management System, SoE 9.2 External Interfaces
• Safety Evolution Guide: A Just & Open Climate for Reporting and Investigating Occurrences, SoE 1.2
• NAV Canada - Safety Evolution Guide: Safety Pillar Program
• NAV Canada - Safety Evolution Guide: SMS Assessments and Safety Culture Survey
• NATS - Safety Evolution Guide: Safety by Design, SA 8.1
• NATS - Safety Evolution Guide: Safety Policy, SA 2.2
• LVNL - Safety Evolution Guide: Sharing serious ATC related incidents, SoE 17.3 Safety Communication
• Safety Evolution Guide: Partnership for Safety and Local Safety Councils - Safety Data Portal and Air Traffic Control (ATC) infoHUB
• Safety Evolution Guide: Fatigue-Related Risk
• Safety Evolution Guide: IAA 360 Management
• IAA - Safety Evolution Guide: Just Culture
• NAV Portugal - MARIA Manuscript
• NAV Portugal - MARIA Surveillance Safety Case - Porto Santo Radar Replacement
• NAV Portugal - MARIA Simplexity
• Safety Evolution Guide: Transitioning Safety II concepts into Safety Management Systems
• Safety Evolution Guide: Safety Communication, SA 17.1, Think-Act-Be SAFE
• Time Based Risk Detection Tools
• UkSATSE - Safety Evolution Guide: Safety Performance Monitoring and Measurement
• FerroNATS - Safety Evolution Guide: Safety Risk Management, SA 7.1, Safety Plans

Good Practices

• FAA - Partnership for Safety / Local Safety Council – Safety Data Portal and Air Traffic Control InfoHub
• FerroNATS - Safety Risk Management 
• NAV Portugal - MARIA Best Practice
• Airservices Australia - Our Just Culture

Further Reading

• The CANSO Standard of Excellence in ATM - driving continuous safety improvement, Cologne 2018
• Best Practice submission form, May 2022
• SoE in SMS Arbitration Process, version 1 of May 2022