CIVL Long Term Plan

(photo: Austrian advertising)In 1994, CIVL published what it called its Long Term Plan.

It analyzed the general purposes and aims of its organisation and regulations, and more precisely those of:

• Competitions & Championships
• Badges, Records & Flight Verification
• Information & Communications
• Safety & Training
• Funding & Finances
• Air Space and governmental regulation
• Membership development.

In 2001, the CIVL Plenary defined again what CIVL goals should be. It said:

Overall goal
To enhance and ensure popularity, longevity and safety of the sport, by:

Airworthiness and safety

1. To improve safety in free flying and competitions
2. Focus on safety and training
3. Liaison and co-operation with testing organisations (DHV, SHV, BHPA, FFVL, etc) in particular monitoring safety standards for build.
4. Continue with safety and training committee
5. Promote CIVL safety and training abilities
6. Promote consolidation of countries training programmes to align with Safe and Para Pro standards
7. Safety and training programmes for new countries

Competitions

8. Development of the sport (e.g. continental championships)
9. Promotion of sport to the media
10. To reduce the pilot entry fee at Category 1 events
11. Improve the format of our competitions in order to better achieve the determination of World Champion.
12. To have all gliders in Category 1 competitions certified.
13. WPRS to become a ranking system that is accepted by the majority and is of such a nature that any interested party can use the ranking scheme for pilot and team selection in category 1 competitions
14. Include other disciplines in flying sports at World Championships and World Air Games
15. Continually assess World Air Games for validity in terms of promotion and status (set CIVL level of compromise)

Organisational

16. Meetings to be open and democratic process with time for debate on all proposals
17. Become more professional in organisation and running of events

Those goals were supposed to be formally included in the Long Term Plan. It was never done.
CIVL regulation still refers to its Long Term Plan. There is no doubt that this Plan must be updated.

The original 1994 CIVL Long Term Plan can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.