An exclusive opportunity for members to identify and understand the 
advocacy channels available to them in Beijing

BCCC Government Relations Forum Event for Education Sector Members

Date: 12th June 2006, 
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: The British Embassy, 11 Guanghua Rd
Registration Deadline: 9th June

Responding to popular demand and feedback from members ¨C specifically in the 
education and training sector ¨C the Chamber's Government Relations Forum, the BCCC 
secretariat and Chamber partners have come together to design an event exclusively 
for education and training members to help to identify and design the various 
channels of advocacy available to them.

Join us on the 12th June for the first session on mapping the channels of 
advocacy for members in China.. 

This will be a free, informative, interactive session for members to better 
understand the role of the British Council and UKTI in terms of government support 
and to identify the channels (and the gaps), that exist with relation to providing 
advocacy for British Chamber members in China. 

Representatives from our partner organizations: The British Council and UKTI will 
explain what their status; roles and objectives are in China with relation to 
British businesses in the field of education. They will also share information 
about related initiatives such as PMI 1 & 2, highlight the support services and 
resources that are currently on offer as well as describe their respective 
relationships with the Chinese government (MOE and MOFCOM), and how members could 
tap into these resources. 

Julia Grindell, Forums Officer has collected a number of issues from the Forum 
members which will be discussed in detail and used, along with other material, to 
brief visiting delegations and Ministers on the challenges that British companies 
face. This can also be added to the content of policy dialogues between the UK and 
China led by our UKTI and The British Council.

Issues:
1.	Clarification with regard to support platforms and help for International 
Schools;
2.	Clarification of the regulations governing examination awarding bodies and 
how to raise their status to 'institutional' level;
3.	Identify how we can address the problem of importing educational materials 
other than books and clarify support platforms for Corporate Trainers;
4.	Having Distance Learning degrees from UK Universities recognised in China 
as an overseas accredited qualification.

Members' participation is essential to the success of this event. 

Sharing the commercial implications of these difficulties will help us to take 
these issues forward.

This is the first of what we hope to be a series of events that will cover many 
sectors. 

We hope to use this event to shape future ones of a similar nature, creating an 
effective system by which issues can be collected and addressed to better assist 
members doing business in China. 

Speakers

Nick Whittingham, First Secretary (Trade & Investment), British Embassy, 
Beijing, has, for the past 18 months, been leading on lobbying issues for all non-
industrial sectors, especially financial services and agriculture, as well as 
managed a series of VIP visits linked to non-industrial sectors. He has been 
involved in significant representational work with Chinese Government Ministries 
and UK companies and oversees the Overseas Market Information Service (OMIS) work 
carried out by his team. 

Nicole DeLalouviere, Director Learning and Training British Council Beijing 
has been doing business in China since 1995 and currently has responsibility for 
ELT, vocational and basic education.  She also manages two education projects in 
North Korea and Mongolia; the international consultancy on a DfID-funded project 
with the All China WomenĄŻs Federation and is Deputy Team Leader on the DfID-funded 
South west Basic Education Project.  She came to the British Council Beijing three 
years ago, from the London office, where she was Senior Adviser in Vocational 
Partnerships.  Prior to that, Nicole worked as an ELT lecturer, trainer and 
consultant, an inspector, examiner and examinations writer, and an international 
student recruitment director. 

Help Us Help You

Learn about the sort of facilities that are available to members in 
addressing their issues in China. 

This will assist the Chamber and our partners in further developing our services to 
better address members' needs.

RSVP required BEFORE June 9th

Please contact Eva Zhou, BCCC Events Manager on 85251111 ext 707 or 
send an email to britcham@pek.brticham.org