Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has been recognized by the International Trade Council with the Government Agency of the year ‘Going Global’ Award (2019) in the aviation category.
The Award, which is in recognition of Customer Care, Infrastructure Improvement; training of staff, contribution towards supporting Tourism and Agricultural exports facilitated through Entebbe International Airport was received by the Authority’s Manager Marketing and Commercial Services, Drs Tom Davis Wasswa in Chicago, USA on October 23, 2019.
The recent Award comes a month after the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) recognized Uganda with the ICAO Council President’s Certificate in recognition of efforts to resolve aviation security deficiencies at the ICAO Assembly in Montreal, Canada on September 24, 2019.
The ICAO Award was in recognition of an outstanding performance in the 2017 Universal Security Audit Programme Continuous Monitoring Approach (USAP-CMA) in which Uganda scored 81.8% above the global average of 73% and the African and Indian Ocean States average of 58%.
