Перевод the british council is an independent organization which was founded in 1940 to promote educational, cultural and technical cooperation between britain and other countries. the aim of the organization is to have long-term and worldwide partnerships and to improve international understanding. at present the british council is working in 120 countries in the fields of english language teaching,
education and training, academic and scientific exchanges, and social and economic development. in addition the british council operates libraries and information centres around the world and also promotes british literature and the arts. the british council’s uk headquarters are in london and manchester from where it is supervised by a board and man- aged by a director general. it receives about one
third of its funding from the british government and earns the rest from the various services it offers to clients and from managing projects for other agencies, such as the world bank. in the field of education and training, the british council organizes international conferences for academics and administers examinations such as the international english language testing system (ielts). this test, which
assesses the knowledge of english language of people who want to study in an english speaking country, is accepted by universities in britain, australia, and north america. around 23,000 people take the ielts test each year.