The European Convergence and Implementation Plan (ECIP) is a plan developed by

EUROCONTROL The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised ''EUROCONTROL''), is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic management across Europe. Founded in 1960, Eur ...

with common actions to be implemented by the participated states in order to improve

Air Traffic Management 334x334px, Air traffic management (ATM) is an aviation term encompassing all systems that assist aircraft to depart from an aerodrome, transit airspace, and land at a destination aerodrome, consisting of air traffic services (ATS) including air tr ...

(ATM) services within the period stipulated. Activities relate to all aspects of the ATM domain such as

airspace Airspace is the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere. It is not the same as aerospace, which is the ...

organization and management,

aeronautical Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight–capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere. The British Royal Aeronautical Society identifies ...

information systems (AIM), safety regulation and environment. The ECIP document is used as a medium-term planning tool for the stakeholders that focuses on necessary changes over the next five to seven years. The ECIP has been replaced by ESSIP.

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Content of the European Convergence and Implementation Plan (ECIP)

Content of the ESSIP Plan

Content of the ESSIP Report
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