ICAO Africa–Indian Ocean regional initiative

Pilot your State Safety Programme, from gap to closure.

SSPilot is the regional platform where States run their gap analysis, self-assess against ICAO protocol questions, and follow every corrective action to documented closure.

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Platform administrator

Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Togo

Regional coordination

Led by the Directorate of Aviation Safety of Togo, designated ICAO regional project coordinator.

Built for

Civil aviation authorities of participating AFI States and their responsible officers.

The workflow

Every gap flies a stabilised approach.

Identify
Walk each component, element and question of the framework for your State.
Observe
Write what you found and set the status: not applicable, action required or implemented.
Plan
Create corrective actions with an owner, a deadline, a priority and the expected deliverable.
Close
Track progress, attach evidence and watch the observation turn to implemented.

Keep scrolling to fly the approach · Illustrative chart

The page, taken apart

One screen, five layers, zero ceremony.

The night and the menuA fixed sidebar on a dark background, as the team already knows it.
The islandA calm white work area, with the active menu item flowing into it.
Framework and observationWalk the tree on the left, write what you found on the right.
Actions as a tableAdd, edit and track actions in place, like a spreadsheet.
One validationA single bar checks everything and saves it in one go.

Three modules, one workflow

Everything a State needs to pilot its SSP.

Each module follows the same observe, plan and close loop, so teams learn it once.

4 components · 12 sub-elements

Gap analysis

Compare your State's current structures with the ICAO SSP framework, component by component.

Not reviewedNot applicableAction requiredImplemented

Protocol questions · SSP

SSP self-assessment

Answer ICAO protocol questions on your State Safety Programme and keep your evidence with each answer.

Not applicableNot satisfactorySatisfactory

Protocol questions · SMS

PELOPSAIRANSAGA

SMS self-assessment

Assess safety management at service providers, organised by domain and then by component.

Table viewBy domain

Spreadsheet feel

Familiar as a spreadsheet, built for a whole region.

Aviation teams already think in tables. SSPilot keeps that rhythm and adds what a workbook cannot: accounts, roles, history and shared progress.

Type directly in a cell and it saves as you go.
Move with the arrows, Tab and Enter, like you always have.
A locked cell tells you why, instead of failing silently.
On a phone, the table becomes cards that are easy to read.

Example of a table of corrective actions
Component	Question	Action	Owner	Due	Progress
Policy & resources Primary legislation	1.1 Is primary legislation in force?	Publish the amended law	Legal	20/02/2027	40%
	1.1 Is primary legislation in force?	Type to describe the action	—	—	0%
	1.2 Are regulations adopted?	+ Add action

Arrows · Tab · Enter · F2 to editSaved just now

Regional view

One region, shared accountability.

Each State manages its own observations and actions. Every participant can read the others' dashboards, so progress is visible across the region.

Regional coordinator

Sets up participating States, managers and the question banks for everyone.

Country manager

Runs the State's assessments, plans actions and manages the national team.

Agent

Updates progress and attaches evidence on the actions assigned to them.

SSP implementation by State

Illustrative data

State A82%
State B71%
State C64%
State D47%
State E33%

Cross-State dashboards are read-only: transparency without interference.

Four working languages

Spoken across the region.

The whole interface is translated, and the layout mirrors for right-to-left Arabic.

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