11-12 January 2022 - The ECAC Guidance Material Task Force met virtually to review the division of tasks in the group’s 2022 work programme. Tasks for 2022 will include developing new guidance material on using an explosive trace detection (ETD) test kit, performance-based oversight, achieving one-stop security with another ECAC Member State, and best practices for risk assessment methodologies and vulnerability assessments.
The group will also be looking at updating existing guidance on hold baggage screening, alarm resolution of explosive detection systems (EDS) equipment, access control and perimeter protection. Particular attention was paid during the meeting to discussing the task force’s strategy for the next triennium.
A paper on guidance for managing protests at regulated sites of airports, aimed at providing Member States with policy guidance on how to promote a coordinated and appropriate response to security risks arising from such protests, was among the working papers reviewed at the meeting.