Working with partners we adapt British Council resources and use our educational expertise to ensure that products and systems developed take root, and lead to deep and lasting change.
Next Generation is a British Council global research programme initiated in countries that are experiencing a period of significant change.
Started in August 2014, the first phase of EfECT finished in July 2017. It has been hugely successful in supporting the Ministry of Education in developing the Myanmar education system.
Connecting Classrooms is designed to help young people develop the 21st Century skills they need to achieve their ambitions and goals for the future.
Premier Skills hopes to create opportunities to motivate underprivileged young people to become active in sports.
Amatae is a civil society strengthening programme funded by FCDO and SIDA aimed to develop domestic civil society organisations in the country.
The project links 24 legal professionals with around 30 civil society organisations, with the aim of enabling these groups to inform each other’s work.
Gaining support for a human rights based framework for businesses entering Myanmar
In December 2012, the Human Drama theatre troupe was invited by MTV EXIT to train 40 youth from ten organisations in Myanmar about theatre forum skills.
This EU-funded project aimed to empower members of some of these groups to incorporate a rights-based approach into their everyday work.
Nobel Peace Laureate and social business pioneer Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Myanmar as a guest of the British Council between 19th and 22nd July 2014.
Civic Society Initiative(CSI) is the community based organisation which incorporates our work with library members who are willing to contribute in helping for the community development.