Idac project  Asca as a platform of  training  specialized resources  in Latin America 

Santiago de Chile. The superior academy of Aeronautic Sciences (Asca) of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation  (Idac) project itself as one of  the main platform of specialized training in the ambit of civil aviation  in  Latin America.  

The information was offerered by the interim general director  of  Idac, Héctor Porcella, after making a presentation about the advances registered in the Dominican Republic in human resources training  to the aeronautic sector, during the meeting of  the Latinoamerican  (Clac) and the International  Air and Space Fair (Fidae) celebrated  in  Santiago de Chile.  

Porcella pointed  that  Asca it is presented as a platform with  a due qualification and competence to contribute in training technicians in the different areas of civil aviation as a part of superior academy network.  

 “Considering that the Dominican Republic has consolidated  itself as  main tourist destination in the Caribbean and Central  America  supported in the growing development of aeronautic sector, the training resource has deserved a sustainable attention  by the Dominican State , placing the country in conditions to rise the levels of specialized education to its own needs and to other region territories ”, apuntó Porcella.  

Recognition to excellence   

Porcella remembered  that   Asca, a training organism of Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation, received recently the recertification that accredits it as a Regional Training Center of Excellence in instruction  (RTCE),by the Organization of  International Civil Aviation (Oaci), through its general secretary Juan Carlos Salazar.  

Previuosly, in  2015, the specialized academy had been certified as an Excellent Regional Center in training, becoming in the first center of this category in the region.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

IDACs  interim general director participates  in   Fidae 2022 jointly to representants of countries  that make up  Clac and  its team, whose discusses  the most relevant topics that faces the aeronautic nowaday, within a sharp focus in its future related with the sustainability  and how may impact in a possitive way in the environment.  

The line work that was presented and those  that are being worked by  multidisciplinaries teams with experts from differents countries and  had related with topic such as  RPAs or unmanned  air vehicle (usually known as  dron), Crisis management, Implementation and management plans  Nasp y SSP, Implementation of a protocol for the interchange of Operational Safety data among the CLACs countries  and to establishes agreement between   Clac and  Cafa.  

Some other topics are in duscussion as how to implement benefits in handling  of air cargo under the liberation of seventh freedom  for exclusive services of cargo,improvement of statistics information interchange in the region Clac, airport management focused  in the implementation  of  APP to airports  ,preparation of environmental  protection topics related for may  11 ,Corsia  Implementation between  Clac countries , Potentials producers of region biofuel , facing the challenge of  CO2  emissions,among other.  

One of the points, that was supported by the Dominican Republic delegation , was the performing of  a  finantial audit -account periódically to the  Clac, aiming to transparent the finantial funtioning  of the organism. This audit  will be performance  by multidisciplinary teams and it will be assigned to each country in a rotative way, starting in this task with  Chile, as proposal promoter.  

The Dominican Republic representation in Clac meeting in  Fidae frame was headed  by  Héctor Porcella, in his role of  Idacs interim general director and by Civil Aviation Joint president  (Jac) José Marte Piantini, accompanied  by the  country permanent ambassador in  Oaci, Julio Peña among other  responsible of both institutions.  

 Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil IDAC, Avenida México, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana