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Annex 1
| Name of Country: | Azerbaijan
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| Council Presence: | Directorate—Baku
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| Name of British Council Director/Country Manager:
| Andrew Thomas |
| Number of Staff: | 14 UK recruited teachers, 7 local staff
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| Total Budget (incl grant in aid component):
| £600,000 |
| Grant in Aid component of Total Budget: |
£170,000 |
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KEY PROGRAMMES
— Promoting wider and more effective learning of
the English language by:
— the provision of high quality language training
to organisations and individuals (there are currently 5,533 students,
rising to 7,389 in 1999-2000); assisting the Ministry of Education
to improve English language teaching; and running an English language
resource centre for teachers and students of English.
— Demonstrating that the UK is a committed partner
in tackling key economic and democratic reform agendas in Azerbaijan
by:
— ensuring full Azerbaijani participation in
Know How Fund regional reform programmes and other relevant initiatives
(Chevening, the John Smith Fellowship Programme, the European
Series).
— Promoting the UK's role as a leading provider
of educational opportunity by:
— provision of an information service about
education and training in Britain; promotion of English language
and professional examinations; and organising a British Education
and Training show at the British week trade fair scheduled for
October 1999.
— Raising awareness of the UK's creativity, cultural
diversity and recent achievements by:
— developing a well targeted, though modest,
arts programme.
KEY UK AND
MULTILATERAL PARTNERS
WITH WHOM
WE WORK
The British Embassy, the DTI, the BBC, the Azebaijan International
Operating Company (AIOC), the country's major BP Amoco lead oil
consortium, BP Amoco, the British Business Group in Azerbaijan,
UK universities, the European Commission's TACIS office, the World
Bank.
KEY INFORMATION
ABOUT THE
WORK/RESOURCES
OF OUR
ANALOGUES
Large active United States Information Services.
| Name of Country: | Turkmenistan
|
| Council Presence: | No permanent presence
|
| Name of British Council Director/Country Manager:
| Managed by Michael Moore (Uzbekistan). |
| Number of Staff: | None on the ground.
|
| Total Budget (incl grant in aid component):
| £15,000 |
| Grant in Aid component of Total Budget: |
£15,000 |
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KEY PROGRAMMES
— Promoting wider and more effective learning of
the English language.
— Demonstrating that the UK is a committed partner
is tackling key economic and democratic reform agendas in Turkmenistan
by:
— including Turkmenistan in Know How Fund regional
reform programmes and other relevant initiatives.
— Raising awareness of the UK's creativity, cultural
diversity and recent achievements by:
— modest support for the cultural element of
British weeks in order to create an enabling environment for British
business.
KEY UK AND
MULTILATERAL PARTNERS
WITH WHOM
WE WORK
The British Embassy.
KEY INFORMATION
ABOUT THE
WORK/RESOURCES
OF OUR
ANALOGUES
The main analogues are Europe and the USA, with the USA ahead
of all the others in terms of scope and coverage (the USA funds
50 scholars to study in America and supports 6 ELT resource centres).
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