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Guidance for Implementing or Improving Voluntary Safety Reporting at the State Level

This guidance document provides information on the Voluntary Safety Reporting System (VSRS) structure, processing of reports, interfaces, and best practices/lessons learned. There is also a poster that can be downloaded to use in promoting VSRS. Read more.

Link Between SM ICG Evaluation and Safety Culture Assessment Tools

This document emphasizes the close relationship between SMS maturity and safety culture maturity. It serves as a practical guide for evaluating an organisation's safety culture based on six high-level characteristics, and includes two tables that map statements from the SM ICG SMS Evaluation Tool to safety culture aspects and indicators in the SM ICG Industry Safety Culture Evaluation Tool and Guidance, and vice versa. Read more.

SM ICG Description

The Safety Management International Collaboration Group (SM ICG) was founded by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) and is a joint cooperation between many regulatory authorities for the purpose of promoting a common understanding of safety management and Safety Management System (SMS)/State Safety Program (SSP) principles and requirements, facilitating their implementation across the international aviation community.

The current core membership of the SM ICG includes the Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA) of Spain, the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) of Brazil, the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA), the Civil Aviation Authority of the Netherlands (CAA NL), the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA NZ), the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Civil Aviation Department of Hong Kong (CAD HK), the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia, the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile (DGAC) in France, the Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (ENAC) in Italy, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Dominican Republic Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC), the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom), the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Safety Organization, Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (UAE GCAA), and the Civil Aviation Authority of United Kingdom (UK CAA). Additionally, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is an observer to this group.

Members of the SM ICG:

• Collaborate on common SMS/SSP topics of interest
• Share lessons learned
• Encourage the progression of a harmonized SMS
• Share products with the aviation community
• Collaborate with international organizations such as ICAO and civil aviation authorities that have implemented or are implementing SSP/SMS

SM ICG Products

All SM ICG products are accessible from the navigation menu to the right. The SM ICG welcomes feedback on its products. For further information regarding the SM ICG or to provide feedback, please contact Andrew Larsen, Eugene Huang, or Bernard Bourdon.

Points of Contact (POCs)

Further Reading

• ICAO Integrated Safety Management website
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) SMS
• European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Safety Management
• Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) SMS
• Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia SMS
• Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA NZ) SMS
• National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) of Brazil State Safety Program (SSP)