In confidence
visits in 1989/90) that will stimulate Swiss interest in Britain and attract matching funds from Swiss partners. Funds for a full Representation in 1991/92 will be sought from government. The momentum in higher education interchange in Finland will be maintained and the target number of Finnish students in British higher education by 1993 will be raised from 500 to 600 without additional resource input. The Council will continue to play a significant role in the provision of ELT services in Austria. A DTO feasibility study will take place in 1990/91, although a modest budget reduction would be necessary if contingency financial plans have to be implemented.
7.21 £0.1 million from the increased government grant from 1990/91 will fund at least four ELT projects in Turkey. Although this is a smaller increase than planned, it will generate matching funds far in excess of the Council's investment. The objective will be to ensure British support for Turkey's modernization programmes in the education sector, particularly in secondary school ELT. These new initiatives will also strengthen the British position as a major supplier of expertise when contract work becomes available under, for example, the World Bank-funded General Education Project.
Principal effectiveness measures for Western Europe
• number of DTOs and proportion of global DTE net surplus
⚫ value of private-sector sponsorship of Council activity
• amount of EC funding acquired by British institutions attributable to Council intervention
• number of collaborative science research projects co-financed with European partners in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Asia Pacific
(Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan,
Laos*, Malaysia, Mongolia*, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea*, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, South Pacific Islands (based on Fiji), ' Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam*)
7.22 Council work in the region divides its focus between the major countries in the Pacific with wealthy populations, some traditional ties and strong trading interests for Britain, where the Council initiates programmes or acts as educational and cultural broker; aid sectors where agency work is significant; and emergent countries on the move where analogue competition is fierce. As in the case of Eastern Europe, fast-developing political changes in 1989 both confirm the priority the Council gave to Asia Pacific in CP2 and call for greater investment and faster responses than were contained in the original strategy. Britain's relations with Hong Kong and China have prompted particular planning reviews. In South-East Asia, the maintenance of strong links between Britain and local higher education institutes, some jointly funded, some funded by ODA, features importantly with the emphasis on science and technology.
7.23 With the aim of strengthening Britain's relations with the major economy countries, and developing business for Britain throughout the region, the Council's principal objectives are:
• to raise the Council's market share of technical assistance contract work
⚫ to increase the number of students from the area in higher education in Britain over 1988/89 levels
• to increase the quality and value of Council inputs to programmes for improving local English language teaching expertise
• to increase commercial co-financing of
collaborative activity in scientific and technological research.
7.24 The main priority in the planning period is
Hong Kong. Political uncertainties have lessened the pace of programme growth in China but British commitment to the rising generation
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