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OPENING DOORS - BROADENING HORIZONS We are the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Príncipe de Asturias Foundation
Multicultural UK - Photographer Marcus Rose Our purpose is to build relationships between the UK and other countries to the benefit of all involved, and to increase appreciation of the UK’s creative ideas and achievements around the world.
Find out more Incorporated by royal charter, we are registered as a charity (not-for-profit organisation) and operate as an executive non-departmental public body in the UK.
Find out more We have embarked on a five-year programme of strategic change to equip the organisation for the cultural relations challenges of the early 21st century. We’re calling the programme
Strategy 2010.
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Annual Report demonstrates the real achievements made in 2006/07 in expanding the reach and impact of our work, while at the same time meeting efficiency targets and increasing customer satisfaction across a range of indicators.
In 2006/07 we reached over 86 million people, and worked closely with over 16.5 million of them. In recent research, 87 per cent of our UK clients and partners said we can open doors for the UK that no other organisation can. Find out more about
our work.
We have emerged from small beginnings in the 1930s, to become the major international organisation that we are today. Find out more about the
70 years of dedicated people and their work that makes our history.
If you're dedicated to cross-cultural development and looking for challenging opportunities, we have a range of jobs on offer throughout the year, across the globe.
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