It also includes the establishment of the Independent Media Centre in Kiev, the largest independent news organisation in the Ukraine, and the Mass Media Centre in Belarus, which has formed a network of seven independent television stations and houses a school of journalism. In central Asia Internews has opened field offices in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Internews has worked with journalists in the former Yugoslavia to produce documentaries that link people internationally with mobile video-conferencing facilities. Live links have been made between Belgrade, Paris, Brussels and London. Internews Middle East opened in 1996 by reproducing uncensored news in Arabic on a WWW site, as well as providing training for journalists.
Further work is planned in the Balkans, Algeria, Iran and Palestine.
5205 Considerable experience as a BBC television producer in many countries, responsible for a co-production education series with producers in Norway, Sweden, the US and the Netherlands. Has particular experience of negotiating production and film rights with governments. Awarded Bale Prize by the European Broadcasting Union for a film on desertification shot in Burkina Faso. The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. Registered in England as a Charity.