For those of you who are interested in the actual work I am doing here, read on. For others this reading is optional.
There are four entities in Bolivia who are all involved in operating or regulating airports for the benefit of the Bolivian people.
The Vice-ministry of Transportation through the Director General of Civil Aviation. (DGAC)
SABSA a private company that operates the three largest airports
AASANA an autonomous government entity that does all the Air Traffic Control and also operates 31 smaller airports.
Superintendencia de Transportes (STR) regulates tariffs and quality of service at all 34 airports
My client is STR. They have been having a problem getting consistent information from the airport companies and want me to advise them on an accounting manual for the airports to follow in supplying the information. In turn the airport companies want to be able to coordinate the financial information that they supply to STR with their financial statements which are prepared in accordance with GAAP (or Bolivian public sector standards in the case of AASANA).
I have met with the key people in all the entities and have prepared a schedule of data needs. If I stick to the strict terms of my assignment, I can do the technical advice on preparation of a manual in the next two weeks. However, I sense that the real problem is the terratorial attitudes and the lack of communication between the entities.
Therefore I am going to jump in with both feet and attempt to coordinate a meeting with representatives of the three groups, with the idea of getting them to agree on a data exchange rather than just supplying a bureaucratic solution.
Its a risk; but if I can keep them focused on the common goal, I can make it work.
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