Annex 2
Name of Country: | Kazakhstan
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Council Presence: | DirectorateAlmaty
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Name of British Council Director/Country Manager:
| Liliana Biglou |
Number of Staff: | 19 plus 3 part-time consultants.
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Total Budget (incl grant in aid component):
| £406,000 |
Grant in Aid component of Total Budget: |
£314,000 |
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KEY PROGRAMMES
Promoting wider and more effective learning of
the English language by:
developing projects in English language teaching
reform in collaboration with the Ministry of Education; the creation
of the National Association for Teachers of English Language of
Kazakhstan and a resource centre supporting their needs; writing
and publication of English language textbooks; and support for
the MoD's Peace Keeping English programme.
Demonstrating that the UK is a committed partner
in tackling key economic and democratic reform agendas in Kazakhstan
by:
ensuring full Kazakh participation in Know
How Fund regional reform programmes and other relevant initiatives;
implementing governance projects; managing projects in the area
of reform (eg the Know How Fund accountancy project).
Promoting the UK's role as a leading provider
of educational opportunity by:
the provision of educational information; and the promotion
of English language exams.
Raising awareness of the UK's creativity, cultural
diversity and recent achievements by:
developing a well focused, though modest,
arts programme; and support for the establishment of a British
Studies MA.
KEY UK AND
MULTILATERAL PARTNERS
WITH WHOM
WE WORK
British Embassy, DFID (KHF), DTI, British Gas, BP Amoco,
the UK banking and insurance sector, UK universities, the Thomson
Foundation, the English language private sector, the European
Commission's TACIS office.
KEY INFORMATION
ABOUT THE
WORK/RESOURCES
OF OUR
ANALOGUES
Name of Country:
Council Presence:
Name of British Council Director/Country Manager:
Number of Staff:
Total Budget (incl grant in aid component):
Grant in Aid component of Total Budget:
| Kyrgyzstan
Information Centre (NB: the future of the Centre is under review
Managed by Liliana Biglou (Kazakhstan).
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£40,000
£40,000
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United States Information Services, the Goethe Institute,
Soros.
KEY PROGRAMMES
Demonstrating that the UK is a committed partner
is tackling key economic and democratic reform agendas in Kyrgyzstan
by:
ensuring full Kyrgyz participation in Know
How Fund regional reform programmes and other relevant initiatives;
designing and implementing governance projects.
Promoting the UK's role as a leading provider
of educational opportunity by:
the provision of an education enquiry service.
Raising awareness of the UK's creativity, cultural
diversity and recent achievements by:
the development of a tightly focused, but
very modest, arts programme; and support for the establishment
of a British Studies MA.
KEY UK AND
MULTILATERAL PARTNERS
WITH WHOM
WE WORK
The British Embassy, DFID (the Know How Fund).
Name of Country: | Uzbekistan
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Council Presence: | DirectorateTashkent
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Name of British Council Director/Country Manager:
| Michael Moore |
Number of Staff: | 12 |
Total Budget (incl grant in aid component):
| £444,000 |
Grant in Aid component of Total Budget: |
£360,000 |
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KEY PROGRAMMES
Demonstrating that the UK is a committed partner
in tackling key economic and democratic reform agendas in Uzbekistan
by:
ensuring full Uzbek participation in Know
How Fund regional reform programmes and other relevant initiatives;
and the design and implementation of governance and reform projects.
Promoting wider and more effective learning of
the English language by:
writing and publishing word-wise textbooks;
introducing English standards and a teacher development programme
in conjunction with the Ministry of Education; assisting the National
Association of Teachers of Uzbekistan (supported by a resource
centre).
Promoting the UK's role as a leading provider
of educational opportunity by:
management of the President's scholarship
scheme (UMID); provision of educational information; promotion
of English language and professional examinations.
KEY UK AND
MULTILATERAL PARTNERS
WITH WHOM
WE WORK
British Embassy, DTI, BBC, the Goethe Institute, Soros, the
European Commission's TACIS office, the Asian Development Bank.
KEY INFORMATION
ABOUT THE
WORK/RESOURCES
OF OUR
ANALOGUES
United States Information Services has an annual budget of
US $3.5 million targeting the successor generation, US $2.8 million
is spent on exchanges, the balance on information and English
language teaching. The Goethe Institute focuses on language, teacher
training, library services development and school textbooks. Other
German agencies target good government and democracy, making the
German effort significantly larger than Britain's. The Italian
effort is focused on the arts and language, with a full-time direct
teaching programme at Tashkent University. The Alliance Francaise
has centres in Tashkent and Samarkand, operating an innovative
cultural programme.
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