GHATCA is a non-profit professional body that represents the professional interest of all Air Traffic Controllers in Ghana. GHATCA promotes the highest standards in all aspects of air traffic management and is dedicated to the safety of all who travel by air.
Welcome to the official website for Ghana Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (GHATCA). On this website, you will find out about the activities of GHATCA, our industry, our members, and our focus. Enjoy the exciting journey as you navigate through our website.
Project Management is the cornerstone of successful project delivery. Yet it remains the weakest link in many projects.
Why do so many high-priority projects in high-stakes industries collapse before reaching the finish line?
In aviation and across all high-stakes industries, projects are the engines of progress. Yet too many projects fail to deliver value before they fall apart. WHY?
In sectors where safety, efficiency, and performance are non-negotiable, project failure is not just costly, it’s consequential. From lack of clear objectives and scope, poor communication and insufficient stakeholder engagement, delays, unrealistic budgets and resource constraints, low team capacity or skills gaps, stakeholder frustration, inadequate safety risk management, weak leadership or governance, lack of change management, poor planning, and wasted resources are common symptoms of poor project management.
Join us for the first episode of “Why Projects Fall Apart and How to Fix Them”.
In this session, we deep dive into the critical foundations of Project Management.
This edition of the Technical Webinar Series is a joint IFATCA (AFM) and GHATCA special webinar and is dedicated to gender equality. It is to provide the platform for brainstorming ways by which female participation in aviation can be boosted and how the disparity between male and female aviation professionals can be bridged. Discussions will also be on what policies must be developed and those that must be modified to achieve this. Panelists will also share their personal achievements, revealing how they overcame obstacles and stereotyped mind-sets to attain the level they are now.
This webinar intends to delve into the critical role of Team Resource Management (TRM) in transforming air navigation service providers (ANSPs) into high-performing, safety-focused organizations.
Key discussion areas include:
Introduction to TRM: Understand the fundamentals of TRM and its role in optimizing team performance in air traffic management.
Why TRM Matters: Explore why TRM is essential in today’s dynamic aviation environment and understand how it contributes directly to operational safety, efficiency, and reliability.
Benefits for ANSPs: Discover how TRM improves communication, decision-making, and team collaboration, minimizing human errors and violations that could compromise safety.
Understanding Teams: Gain insights into team dynamics, the importance of building cohesive units, and how effective TRM strategies empower teams to perform at their best.
Managing Unsafe Acts: Learn how to identify, address, and mitigate errors and violations through proactive TRM practices, ultimately minimizing the risk of serious incidents and accidents.
Implementing TRM in ANSPs: Step-by-step guidance on integrating TRM into ANSP operations and training TRM facilitators who can lead and sustain TRM initiatives.
The use of unmanned aircraft systems for civilian purposes has become prevalent within the last decade. Drones are gradually becoming a part of our lives with applications and uses in agriculture, aerial surveying, drone journalism, search and rescue, remote inspections, and medical supplies to inaccessible communities among others.
In this webinar, Melissa Rusanganwa from Zipline will share the experiences of Zipline in their novel use of drones to deliver badly needed medical supplies to remote communities across Africa. John Kwofie, an Air Traffic controller from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and a member of CANSO/AFI RPAS TASK FORCE will discuss ATM, safety issues and RPAS integration strategies whiles Raynold Senam Atadja, a Senior Aviation Safety Inspector and a member of the ICAO RPAS panel will discuss regulatory issues regarding present and future drone/RPAS use.
Among its many objectives, GHATCA aims at promoting safety, efficiency and regularity in International Air Navigation; and promoting and upholding a high standard of knowledge and professional efficiency among its members.
With this goal in mind, the GHATCA blog was created: to educate and inform controllers about a variety of aviation related topics including Safety, ATM, ATFM, ASBU, Human Factors, Cybersecurity, RPAS, SWIM, UTM, and UAM.
GHATCA embarks on social projects every year to improve the quality of the lives of people
through appropriate and sustainable corporate social responsibility interventions
in communities in Ghana. GHATCA currently has two focus areas – Health and Education..
In 2021, the State School for the Deaf in Ashiaman benefitted from the GHATCA CSR program.