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Partners

The British Council has formal written agreements (MOUs) with BBC Worldservice, Arts Council Wales (partnership agreement), Arts Council England, Scottish Arts Council and Arts Council Northern Ireland.

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We have also developed many project-specific partnerships with various organisations. Here are some examples:

Literature

http://www.hayfestival.com/segovia/ : We work with the famous Hay Literature Festival. Based in the UK, Hay is a partner working on Literature festivals in Cartagena, Colombia; Segovia and the Alhambra in Grenada, Spain.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-literature-poems-on-the-underground.htm : A scheme which displays poems on extensively throughout the London underground network. We also send copies to British Council offices.

http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/ : A partner for the biennial Bookcase Showcase held by Literature Department  with British Council Scotland.

Drama and Dance

http://www.southeastdance.org.uk : We are working with South East Dance to co-produce Forward Motion, a brand new collection of outstanding British screen dance works with DVDs and resources available for global screenings and events.

http://www.contact-theatre.org/homepage.php : From 2003 to 2008 we have partnered Contact Theatre on Contacting the World, a pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people.

http://www.royalcourttheatre.com : We have partnered the Royal Court in international projects developing new writing for theatre, including the annual International Residency for Emerging Playwrights.

Architecture, Design, Fashion

http://www.hhc.rca.ac.uk/ : We have partnered with them on the 48 Hour Design Challenge.

http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/aw2002/ : We have partnered with them on the International Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award, given out at London Fashion Week, which is run by the BFC.

http://www.lfa2008.org/embassies.php : We curated and organised the Embassies Project in association with the London Festival of Architecture.

Film

http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/ : We work with UKFC on the British In Berlin Stand at the Berlinale European Film Market, British stand in the Short Film Market at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, and on the UK Film Centre in the International Village at Cannes Film Festival

http://www.scenariofilms.com/ : We work with them on BABYLON, a film development project for ethnic minority filmmakers in Europe.

http://www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk/ : We have run projects at various festivals in conjunction with the NFTS.

Creative Economy

http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/ : We work with the London Book Fair on the International Young Publishing Entrepreneur (IYPE) award.

http://www.100percentdesign.co.uk/ : We work with 100% Design on the International Young Design Entrepreneur (IYDE) award.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/ : We work with the LFF on the International Young Screen Entrepreneur (IYSE) award.

Music

http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra/ : We have worked with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the Beautiful names project.

http://www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/ ; http://www.gallery-pangolin.com/   http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/ We worked with these partners on the Rock Music Rock Art project.

http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/ : We work with the London Jazz Festival on the British Music showcase.

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