Compliance and open licence workshops

The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) will be providing Compliance and open licence workshops across the country.

Duration: Half-day (including lunch)
Cost: £195

Target audience: You will have no or limited experience of using open export licences. This course will also benefit anyone considering using open export licences for the first time.

Description: This course is aimed at improving exporters’ knowledge and understanding of open export licences and helping exporters to use those licences with confidence. It will also explain the role of the Compliance Inspectorate Team (CIT), and the structure and purpose of inspections and the ongoing relationship with users of open export licences.

The course will consist of a short presentation, followed by a series of case studies covering several different open export licences for military and dual-use items. This will enable attendees to work together to consider and understand the benefits available. This should also help mitigate and reduce the risk of export control breaches when using open export licences.  

This course will not cover Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs), Standard Individual Trade Control Licences (SITCLs), or the LITE system.

Please see link for details.

ECJU’s website can be found on GOV.UK

Here’s the course schedule (follow the link above for other details):

February 2026
Edinburgh

Date	Event	Location	Cost
4 February	Compliance and open licence workshop – 9.15 – 12:45	DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre, 34 Bread Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9A	£195
4 February	Compliance and open licence workshop – 1:30 – 5:00	DoubleTree by Hilton Edinburgh City Centre	£195

Aberdeen

Date	Event	Location	Cost
11 February	Compliance and open licence workshop – 9.15 – 12:45	Leonardo Hotel and Conference Venue Aberdeen Airport, Argyll Road, Aberdeen, AB21 0AF	£195
11 February	Compliance and open licence workshop – 1:30 – 5:00	Leonardo Hotel and Conference Venue Aberdeen Airport	£195

London

Date	Event	Location	Cost
24 February	Compliance and open licence workshop – 9.15 – 12:45	Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge, 45 Prescot St, London, E1 8GP	£195
24 February	Compliance and open licence workshop – 1:30 – 5:00	Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge	£195

March 2026
Bristol

Date	Event	Location	Cost
18 March	Compliance and open licence workshop – 9.15 – 12:45	Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin Sion Hill Clifton Bristol BS8 4LD	£195
18 March	Compliance and open licence workshop – 1:30 – 5:00	Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin Sion Hill Clifton	£195

April 2026
Leeds

Date	Event	Location	Cost
21 April	Compliance and open licence workshop – 9.15 – 12:45	Granary Wharf, Leeds, LS1 4BR91	£195
21 April	Compliance and open licence workshop – 1:30 – 5:00	Granary Wharf, Leeds	£195