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| Government’s Know How Fund for Eastern Europe launched in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary |
| The Know How Fund’s Joint Industrial and Commercial Award Programme (JICAP) launched, initially in Poland, managed by the British Council and the Confederation of British Industry |
| The British Council, with the Goethe Institut and the Centre International d’Etudes Pedagogiques, wins the contract to manage the EC’s LINGUA programme |
| Withdrawal from Iraq due to the Gulf War |
| Kuwait office reopened, and the British Council assists the Kuwaiti Government to reequip higher education colleges |
| Return to Argentina after an absence of 9 years |
| Launch of the Chancellor's Scheme for young Russian business people, set up by UK Chancellor Norman Lamont following discussions with Russian President Boris Yeltsin |
| New British Council centres opened in the former Soviet Union, with new resource centres in Russia, Latvia and the Ukraine |
| Opening of new UK headquarters building in Manchester |
| Activity restarts in Syria and Lebanon, and in Vietnam |
| Training activity launched in Azerbaijan, jointly funded with BP |
| Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges becomes part of the British Council |
| Launch of the British Investment Scheme (BIS) to create employment opportunities for disadvantaged South Africans, managed by the British Council on behalf of the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) |
| Start of work in Central Asia, with English language projects in Uzbekistan |
| Relaunch of the European Young Lawyers Scheme |
| English 2000, a project to study the use of English worldwide and to develop new teaching and learning methods, formally launched |
| Launch of 'Network English', CD-ROM-based interactive English language learning material available in British Council teaching centres |
| First British Council exhibition in Cuba |
| Launch of the British Council website www.britishcouncil.org, the start of a move towards internet-based provision of information |
| Launch of BC's Virtual Campus website |
| First office opened in Cuba |
| John Smith Fellowship Programme for young parlementarians launched |
| UK Government’s British 1998 Scholarship Scheme for students from Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia, managed by the British Council, encourages students from countries affected by economic downturn |
| New office opened in Pristina in Kosovo, Yugoslavia |
| Agreement with the British Tourist Authority to open British Visitor Centres in 12 British Council offices worldwide |
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