International Unit

Our International Unit ensures we communicate and interact effectively with our stakeholder network overseas, that we are represented in relevant international forums and that we contribute where appropriate to the Government's wider strategic goals, including providing UK expertise to developing countries.

During 2006/7 we have, among other projects, provided assistance to the British Council's Security, Justice & Growth programme in Nigeria funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). In Rwanda we supported a DFID-funded project to help implement a newly enacted land law in terms of land registration law and practice. In partnership with Registers of Scotland, we assisted the Slovak Republic in a European Union project enhancing the efficiency of its land registration services.

We also saw a significant increase in the number of visitors we have welcomed from overseas, delivering tailor-made study programmes to meet their particular areas of interest, such as customer service or e-conveyancing. Such visits give us the opportunity to share experience and expertise, and to build relationships with overseas colleagues working in the same field.

This year we have hosted study visits from our counterparts and other organisations in Bulgaria, Croatia, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Macedonia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Poland, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.