RICS Oceania is the World Region representing Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa (USA), Norfolk Island (Aust), Fiji, East Timor, French Polynesia (Fr), Guam (USA), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia (Fr), Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Northern Mariana Islands (USA), Palau (USA), Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands (UK), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands (Fr) and Samoa.
Whilst the Head Office of RICS Oceania is based in Sydney, there are offices in several other Australian states and in Auckland, New Zealand.
Within the National Associations of Australia & New Zealand there is a network of local association commitees working to provide a wealth of member services. To contact your local representatives click on Local Chapters below.
RICS faculties are responsible for setting the strategic direction for the future of their specialisms and for identifying and serving the information needs of their members. RICS Oceania operates three Faculty Groupings:
The RICS Faculties, including those in the Oceania region, produce in-depth practice standards and guidance on a wide variety of professional topics.
The RICS Oceania Sustainable Steering Group is also very active in providing high level professional informatoion sessions, research and advise. For more on this group please click on the Sustainable E-news link below.
Most countries in the world have a separate body for each of the land and property professions – such as valuers, quantity surveyors, land surveyors, real estate agents, etc. By nature, these are national bodies active in their local markets and often having links to kindred bodies overseas.
In Oceania, RICS maintains working relationships with these bodies and the great majority of its members have dual membership status.
RICS members’ work extends from overseeing developments such as shopping malls and leisure centres, to the design and construction of airports, railways, tunnels, industrial parks and modern office buildings, to providing financial services and the management of urban and rural regeneration projects.
They are trained to enhance and maximise the performance of a site or building within its environment.
RICS has these main roles within the Oceania property sector:
- To maintain the highest standards of education and training
- To protect consumers through strict regulation of ethics and standards
- To advise organisations, such as governments and regional boards
RICS CharterGlobally RICS boasts:
- Experience – 136 years of representing property professionalism
- Worldwide representation – 140 000 members in over 146 countries
- Skills and education – 400 courses (degree level) approved worldwide
- Professional development – 500 research / policy papers published each year
- Extensive network – 50 national associations, linked groups / societies
- Breadth – 160 different areas of specialization – across 17 ‘faculties’
- To publish market information and research
