[PDF] The Work Of The Bbc World Service 2008 09 eBook

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 2010-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215543820

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The Committee welcomes a strong performance by the BBC World Service across all media in 2008-09, particularly the unprecedented growth in online audiences. The report examines the overall performance, noting a global reach in radio and television of 185 million adults a week and the high regard for objectivity and relevance achieved by the Service in surveys of customers. Ratings for value and loyalty were also high in some countries. The report then reviews specific successes and problems in particular countries or services: BBC Arabic television; BBC Persian television; other language services; online and mobile technology; China; Russia; Sri Lanka; Rwanda; Azerbaijan; and administration. The Committee concludes that 2009-10 will be a difficult year for the BBC World Service and that further cuts in staff and services should be avoided. The World Service is of key importance in providing a source of high quality and politically independent broadcasting worldwide.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher :
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 49,63 MB
Release : 2010-04-09
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ISBN : 9780215554048

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Responses to HC 334, session 2009-10 (ISBN 9780215543820)

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215543813

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The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Its purpose is to "build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide." As well as education, it runs programmes in the arts, science, sport, governance and English language in 110 countries and territories worldwide. 2009 marked the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Council. It receives Grant-in-Aid from the FCO for its public diplomacy activity: £209 million 2008-09, a 6% increase from 2007-08. The Committee concludes that the change in extent of data provided and the presentation of that data in the British Council's 2008-09 annual report makes it more difficult to track and evaluate the Council's performance over a period of years. In future the annual report should include fuller performance data, including corporate performance scores and reach, to facilitate year-on-year analysis. The recent decline in some of the scores achieved in relation to quality of service, particularly in that relating to engagement with decision makers and senior influencers, gives cause for concern. The Committee welcomes the Council's efforts to re-establish itself in Iran and Zimbabwe, its increased focus on China, and its progress in implementing NAO suggested administrative reforms (HC 625, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780102954173). 2009-10 will be a difficult year for the British Council and further cuts in staff and services may be unavoidable. In these circumstances it is important that the Council concentrates its activities on its core business and key objectives.

Author : Gordon Johnston
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,87 MB
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1137318554

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This book is the first full-length history of the BBC World Service: from its interwar launch as short-wave radio broadcasts for the British Empire, to its twenty-first-century incarnation as the multi-media global platform of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The book provides insights into the BBC’s working relationship with the Foreign Office, the early years of the Empire Service, and the role of the BBC during the Second World War. In following the voice of the BBC through the Cold War and the contraction of the British empire, the book argues that debates about the work and purposes of the World Service have always involved deliberations about the future of the UK and its place in the world. In current times, these debates have been shaped by the British government’s commitment to leave the European Union and the centrifugal currents in British politics which in the longer term threaten the integrity of the United Kingdom. Through a detailed exploration of its past, the book poses questions about the World Service’s possible future and argues that, for the BBC, the question is not only what it means to be a global broadcaster as we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, but what it means to be a national broadcaster in a divided kingdom.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 30,62 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215544940

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The FCO departmental report and resource accounts 2008-09 published as HC 460-I,II (ISBN 9780102961614)

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 2007-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215037305

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This report is the Committee's annual review of how the FCO is managing its resources. This year a key area off interest has been the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review because the Committee think it is one of the tightest in Whitehall and it risks jeopardising some of the FCO's important work. Apart from this the other subjects covered are: measuring performance; operational efficiency; management and leadership; FCO services; diplomatic representation overseas; transparency and openness; public diplomacy; British council; BBC World Service.

Author : S. C Carr
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 35,51 MB
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1137015225

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Contextualizing Humanitarian work in history, justice, methods and professional ethics, this book articulates process skills for transformational partnerships between diverse organizations, motivating education, organisational learning and selecting the disaster workforce.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,48 MB
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215556370

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This report focusses on the FCO's financial situation and the implications of the Spending Review 2010 for its work and performance, and that of its associated body, the British Council. The FCO is one of the major departmental 'losers' in the Spending Review. Reductions in spending on the FCO, if they result in shortfalls in skilled personnel and technical support in key countries and regions, can have a serious effect in terms of the UK's relations with foreign countries, out of all proportion to the amounts of money involved, especially in relation to the UK's security and that of its Overseas Territories. Cuts to the core FCO budget of even 10% may have a damaging effect on the Department's ability to promote UK interests overseas. The FCO will also face cuts of 55% to its capital budget. The target of raising £50 million per year through selling existing buildings may be difficult to achieve, and may not secure savings in the long-term. A further reduction in the opportunities for more junior UK-based staff to serve in overseas posts, and a consequent diminishing of experience and morale among FCO employees, could over time have a damaging effect on the quality of British diplomacy and the effectiveness of the FCO. The British Council, facing a 25% cut in spending, should give detailed information on its strategy for implementing the cut, which may well trigger fundamental rethinking of the role and work of the Council.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Liaison Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 20,73 MB
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780215544742

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work of committees In 2008-09 : Second report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes and Appendices