In confidence
7.59 The Council wishes to be in a position to respond rapidly to the change in Anglo-Argentine relations and will therefore set aside £0.5 million non-recurrently in 1990/91 to re-establish a presence in Argentina. An appropriate level of recurrent operational funding will be sought to meet operating objectives; the initial focus will be on ELT, science and technology links, arts and interchange programmes designed to help project to Argentina a balanced perspective of contemporary Britain.
7.60 Because of other priorities, plans for major expansion in the USA cannot be implemented in 1990/91 to permit the quantum leap necessary to achieve significant impact. The Council continues to give this project priority and substantial
funding will be sought from government to take it forward in the triennium. The principal objectives are initially to develop a cyclical programme of cultural festivals with a British and trade promotion focus, and to create new anglophiles through high-profile student interchange and British studies programmes. Targets will be set to achieve co-financing and sponsorship inputs on a ratio of 1:3 within two years of the core budget reaching £1 million.
7.61 Funds will be found from internal redeployment to strengthen the new operation in the Caribbean by opening a sub-office in Port of Spain, run by local staff.
Principal effectiveness measures for the Americas
• number of DTO students at any one time
• level and nature of inputs to programmes with 'culturas'
• total income achieved for the USA
• matching funding as % of Council- administered exchanges work
• % increase in project management turnover in Brazil and Mexico.
Africa
(Angola, Benin*,
Botswana, Burkina Faso*, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic*, Chad, Comoros*, Congo*, Djibouti, Equatorial
Guinea*, Ethiopia, Gabon*, Gambia, Ghana,
Guyana*, Ivory Coast,
Kenya, Lesotho and Swaziland, Liberia*, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia*, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda*, Sao Tome and Principe*, Senegal (covering Mali, the two Guineas, Cape Verde Islands), Seychelles*, Sierra Leone, Somalia*, South Africa, St Helena*, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo*, Uganda, Zaire*, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
7.62 Council work in Africa is dominated by the British aid programme and is predominantly agency-funded (see table 8). Project work is diversifying, however, and work for other aid agencies the Scandinavians, World Bank, the EC is likely to be of increasing importance to the Council. Reflecting British aid policy, Council work in the short to medium term is not expected
Financial forecast for Africa
All figures in £ million
Income
ODA agency
FCO agency
Other agency
Revenue
Government grants
Total
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
1993/94
66
69
72
74
3
3
3
3
9
10
11
11
4
14
14
15
23
13
10
10
105
109
110
113
Expenditure
Staff and running costs Africa
7
6
6
Staff and running costs UK
16
17
15
15
British Council programmes
4
4
4
4
Agency (rounded)
78
82
85
88
Total
105
109
110
113
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