The British Council creates  strong networks of young arts entrepreneurs (promoters, festival programmers, curators, policy makers). We highlight UK creativity through arts showcases such as those we organise at the Edinburgh Festival and Book Festival, the British Dance Edition, the Liverpool Biennale and Frieze, and where relevant we also provide market intelligence on Italy to UK partners in the arts. From 2008, the British Council will no longer operate as a traditional cultural relations institute, offering a programme of arts events in a bilateral way. We will withdraw from activities where UK and European partners are now active and require less front-line service support,  for example in the direct delivery of arts events.