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Dateline: 27th July, 2008
British Council U-Turn The British Council has announced that it will not continue with its plans, announced in December, to disband its specialist arts departments and replace its advisory panels in the Arts with panels with the titles Progressive Facilitation, Market Intelligence Network, Knowledge Transfer Function and Modern Pioneer. These proposals, which were made by the then Director of Arts, Venu Dhupa, who resigned in April, were met by a storm of protest and, as a result, the Council initiated a three month consultation period. Now the specialist departments will stay and a new one, for Media, will be set up. The Council will also reinstate the advisory panels and double it arts budget to £30 million. “Our Action Plan reaffirms the place of the arts at the centre of our cultural relations work," said chief executive Martin Davidson." During the consultation, artists and cultural organisations told us how much they value our work and that they want us to do more." The summary of the Plan says:
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