UK Countries Advisory Committees
The UK Countries Advisory Committees operate within a wider advisory function that includes the advisory board and the sector advisory groups. There are currently UK Countries Advisory Committees in: Scotland; Wales; and Northern Ireland (pdf 36kb).
Find out more about the UK Countries Advisory Committees members (pdf 33kb).
Purpose and objectives
Each UK Country Advisory Committee aims to:
- Further the purpose of the British Council (to build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide) in collaboration with the local British Council Director in the context of the Council’s work.
- Ensure that the British Council office in each UK Country is kept informed of major developments in the public, educational, economic and cultural life of each respective UK Country.
- Serve as channels of professional advice within the areas of expertise represented on the Committee, keeping the British Council informed of major developments, offering fresh insights and identifying new opportunities.
- Bring to the attention of the British Council Director in each UK Country opportunities for activity that might achieve the Council’s desired outcomes of meeting the need for more intercultural dialogue, creating opportunity via the knowledge economy, and tackling climate change.
- Provide input to each British Council UK Country Plan, and monitor the achievement of plan objectives.
- Provide access to communities within the UK Country for whom the British Council’s work has relevance.
- Act as an advocate for the British Council’s work in each UK Country and across the UK as a whole.
Schedule of meetings
Northern Ireland
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Scotland
Monday 23 February 2009
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Monday 14 September 2009
Monday 23 November 2009
Wales
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Wednesday 22nd or Friday 24th April 2009
Thursday 23 July 2009
Thursday 22 October 2009
