Our international activities and engagement
Information about our vision and purpose.
Who we are
Aviation is one of the world’s fastest growing modes of transportation, relied upon by millions of people across the globe. It connects people and economies and opens up markets.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), is committed to supporting the sustainable success of air transportation by raising the standards of aviation across the globe, to protect those who choose to fly, as well as those who don't.
There are three International functions within the CAA. Each of them fosters strong and lasting relationships with organisations across the aviation spectrum, to lay the foundations for long term collaboration on safety and security performance and progression of aviation strategies:
Our International Strategy and Engagement team works with global and regional organisations, as well as aviation agencies, on international policy issues.
Our State Safety Partnerships programme engages with individual states, their industries and UK industry on the management of safety performance and risk mitigation.
CAA International is our technical advisory arm, providing capacity building, technical advice, training, examination and licensing services internationally, generating profit with a purpose and allowing us to redeploy funds where they are needed most.
Our shared focus is making a widespread positive impact on the global aviation community, by bringing together experience, technology and resources in an actionable and long-lasting way.
We work together for better aviation – shaping tomorrow’s international aviation legislation, improving regulatory capacity and efficiency and sustaining society’s confidence in aviation.
Our vision
A world where every state has a sustainable aviation system protecting those who fly and those who do not.
Our mission
Developing fundamental partnerships and growing our influence worldwide to tackle major aviation challenges and achieve consistent standards of regulation across the globe.
Our purpose
We exist to improve aviation standards sustainably across the globe, connecting states with expertise from the CAA and developing our partners’ people to help them lead the aviation world of tomorrow. Where our activities make a profit, we reinvest a sustainable proportion to extend our reach and fulfil our purpose.
Our engagement
International engagement is a function of the CAA’s Strategy & Policy Group.
Working with other teams across the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and UK government, we foster strong and lasting relationships with other National Aviation Authorities (NAAs) and aviation organisations internationally including the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC). This helps to ensure the CAA and the UK is meeting its international commitments and obligations and to lay the foundations for long-term collaboration on aviation performance and progression of aviation strategies.
We support the CAA Strategy’s focus on ‘Developing relationships to improve standards globally’.
We are committed to the role we play helping to shape tomorrow’s international aviation legislation, improving regulatory capacity and efficiency and sustaining society’s confidence in aviation.