The 218th Meeting of COCESNA’s Board of Directors was held in San José, Costa Rica, on July 11 and 12, 2019.

This meeting was attended by representatives of: BELIZE Lic. Lindsay Armstrong Garbutt, Director of Civil Aviation, Sr. Kenworth Tillet Norel, Advisor to the Ministry of Tourism; COSTA RICA Ing. Rodolfo Méndez Mata, Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Ing. José Manuel Saenz Scaglietti, Alternate Representative; EL SALVADOR, Ing. Jorge Alberto Puquirre Torres, Director President of the Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Lic. Francisco José Sol, Director of the CAA Board; GUATEMALA Arq. Jorge Francisco Guzmán Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary of Executive Coordination of the Presidency and Vice President of the Board of Directors, Cap. Francis Arturo Argueta Aguirre, Director General de Aeronáutica Civil; HONDURAS Gral. Fredy Santiago Diaz Zelaya, Secretary of National Defense, President of the Board of Directors, Lic. Wilfredo Lobo Reyes, Executive Director of AHAC; NICARAGUA Cap. Carlos Danilo Salazar, Director of INAC; Dr. Leónidas Vicente Duarte, Legal Advisor of INAC; COCESNA Juan Carlos Trabanino, Executive President and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Mr. Dagoberto Mejía, Internal Audit Supervisor, Eng. Gabriel Quirós, ACNA Director, Gen. Manuel Cáceres, ACSA Director, Mrs. Ileana Corrales, Mr. José Adán Velásquez and Mr. Juan Núñez, Mr. Mario R. Martínez, ICCAE Director, Abg. Rita Núñez, Legal Services Manager, Lic. Gustavo Zúniga, FAM Manager, Lic. Edrulfo Salguera, Technical Secretary, Eng. Giovanni Tobar, GEREMAC Manager, for the Internal Secretariat and Public Relations, Mr. Albert Cárcamo and Ms. Silvia Quezada. GUESTS: Mr. Juan de Mata Morales, EASA, and Sr. Marco Ospina Yépez, Consultant.

The Board of Directors discussed the following agenda:

Ratification and approval of the Minutes of the Ducentysixth Regular Meeting held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on May 24, 2019;

Ratification and Approval of the Minutes of the Two Hundred and Seventeenth Regular Meeting held in Montreal, Canada on June 14, 2019;

Progress on the election of Costa Rica’s representative as a member of the ICAO Council;

Central American Rotation Agreement for Representation of Central America and Panama at the ICAO Council;

Management report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019, from the Executive Presidency;

Internal Audit management report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019;

Management report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019, from the Technical Secretary;

ACNA management report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019;

ACSA’s management report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019;

ICCAE management report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019;

GEREMAC management report for the fourth quarter of 2018 and first quarter of 2019;

COCESNA’s reception at the 40th ICAO Assembly and Directing Council Meeting;

Status, achievements, progress and challenges of the EU-LAC Agreement;

Response to Resolution ROCD 2019/216.2.2.2 on the analysis of the recommendations of the report of Gestores Financieros S de R L, regarding the actuarial valuation and technical-legal analysis of the FAM;

Transition period of Eng. Germinal Sarasqueta, as Representative of Central America and Panama in the ICAO Council.