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
Hay Festival: 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.
Poems on the Underground: A scheme which displays poems on extensively throughout the London underground network. We also send copies to British Council offices.
Edinburgh International Book Festival: A partner for the biennial Bookcase Showcase held by Literature Department with British Council Scotland.
Drama and Dance
South East Dance: 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.
Contact Theatre: From 2003 to 2008 we have partnered Contact Theatre on Contacting the World, a pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people.
Royal Court Theatre: 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
Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art: We have partnered with them on the 48 Hour Design Challenge.
British Fashion Council: We have partnered with them on the International Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award, given out at London Fashion Week, which is run by the BFC.
London Festival of Architecture: We curated and organised the Embassies Project in association with the London Festival of Architecture.
Film
UK Film Council: 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
Scenario Films: We work with them on BABYLON, a film development project for ethnic minority filmmakers in Europe.
National Film and Television School: We have run projects at various festivals in conjunction with the NFTS.
Creative Economy
London Book Fair: We work with the London Book Fair on the International Young Publishing Entrepreneur (IYPE) award.
100% Design: We work with 100% Design on the International Young Design Entrepreneur (IYDE) award.
London Film Festival: We work with the LFF on the International Young Screen Entrepreneur (IYSE) award.
Music
BBC Symphony Orchestra: We have worked with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the Beautiful names project.
London Sinfonietta; Gallery Pangolin; Kings Place: We worked with these partners on the Rock Music Rock Art project.
London Jazz Festival: We work with the London Jazz Festival on the British Music showcase.
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