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The British Council

The British Council is an independent, non-profit making body registered as a charity. Its aim is to promote international understanding through educational, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation. More recently the British Council has begun to include the right to access information and takes part in knowledge development processes as a key element in their work in the field of governance. In particular the Council has supported work on the role of the media in assisting the democratisation process in developing and transitional economies. The Council has sponsored training programmes for journalists and for ministers and senior civil servants in handling the press in over twenty countries. It has also provided scholarships to overseas journalists to study in the UK.

Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth Street

Manchester M1 6BB, United Kingdom

Tel +44 161 957 7755, Fax +44 161 957 7762

richard.edwards@britishcouncil.org

www.britishcouncil.org

Contact

Richard Edwards, Director Governance

Budget

> $1.000.000

Number of staff

6,700 worldwide

Programmes

Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Indonesia (See separate entry)

Other Project Examples

Conflict Resolution through Radio, Nepal

Building Free Media, Peru

Community Media Building, South Africa

Media internships in UK, Bulgaria