The spark for the first-ever Global Aviation Cooperation Symposium (GACS), held 30 September - 4 October, 2014 in Montreal, Canada, came during an ICAO Council meeting, explained Ivan Galan, Director of ICAO's Technical Cooperation Bureau. "The question at hand was quite specific: 'How can we better support Member States and aviation authorities in their technical needs? How can we help them achieve perfect scores in ICAO audit programmes or support their infrastructure growth and development?" The answer was not complicated. "We needed to bring people together: governments and aviation authorities, air navigation service providers, airport service providers, ICAO experts, and industry leaders in an event where we could discuss, where we could compare, and confront ideas and experiences," Galan added.
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