The main thrust of ScottishEnterprise’s (SE) activity in relation to community land acquisition and/ordevelopment is related to the New Opportunities Fund Scottish Land Fund(NOFSLF) which is administered by a joint Scottish Enterprise/Highlands andIslands Enterprise (HIE) partnership.In addition to supportrelated to NOFSLF activity, SE’s Community Land Unit consists of a centralfirst point of contact who coordinates with Local Enterprise Companies across theSE Network, SE’s Rural Policy Group, and liaises with HIE’s Community Land Unit.HIE have developed expertise in this area which SE draws upon as necessary.Prior to the establishmentof the NOFSLF, SE invested approximately £150,000 in supporting activitiesrelated to property and business development on community-purchased land.Scottish Enterprise has notpro-actively promoted rural community land purchase for its own sake, but hassupported such purchases in relation to the development of local economies.