HRH CROWN PRINCE ALEKSANDAR II VISITS BRITISH COUNCIL IN BELGRADE

Belgrade, 04 December 2002 – HRH Crown Prince Aleksandar II visited the British Council in Belgrade today, at the invitation of the Director of the British Council in Yugoslavia, Mr. Chris Gibson, and was introduced to the work of this international organization that deals in education and establishment of cultural ties between Great Britain and other countries.

The Crown Prince first visited the Internet Center equipped with the most advanced technology, that has a specially designed Internet gateway which provides access to news and information about the United Kingdom, its education system and the English Language, and then he called upon the Library and Knowledge & Learning Centre.

Afterwards, the Crown Prince took part in the 10th session of the international project “Youth for good governance” by video-conference, together with the World Bank representative for Yugoslavia Mr. Rory O’Sullivan and a team of high school students.

“Youth for Good Governance” is a joint pilot project of World Bank Institute and British Council project, as part of a strategic partnership between these two institutions, with participants from schools in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Yugoslavia.

This program exposes young people to discussions on governance and anti-corruption, and highlights the important role they might play in quality improvements of the governance work in their countries. The participants also learn how the use of information and communications technology can contribute to the way decisions are made in their communities.

HRH Crown Prince Aleksandar II greeted the participants of the seminar and the representatives of the World Bank Institute in Washington by video-beam.

He emphasized the importance of this seminar is in so much greater because it brings together young people from all over the world regardless of their ethnic or religious origin, and wished them all success in their further work.