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On Monday, 3rd February 2020, the British Foreign Policy Group hosted a roundtable event and panel discussion on Manchester’s international links and ambitions, in partnership with Deloitte and Manchester Metropolitan University. Part of BFPG’s National Engagement Programme, the event connected representatives from business, government, arts and culture, higher education and civil society sectors to discuss how Manchester can best leverage its international priorities after Brexit. The discussion explored key themes in Manchester\u2019s international ambitions as well as identified opportunities for collaboration on international engagement between Manchester stakeholders and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.<\/p>\n

The National Engagement Programme aims to develop BFPG and FCO thinking on how best Government might engage with the international priorities of cities and regions across the UK through a combination of regional events and research.<\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter Jones CMG<\/strong>, Chief Operating Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/p>\n

Joanne Roney OBE<\/strong>, Chief Executive at the Manchester City Council<\/p>\n

Prof Jennifer Watling<\/strong>, Pro-Vice-Chancellor International at Manchester Metropolitan University<\/p>\n

Rhys Whalley<\/strong>, Executive Director at the Manchester China Forum<\/p>\n

Sophia Gaston (Chair)<\/strong>, Director at the British Foreign Policy Group<\/p>\n

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This event brings together city and regional stakeholders with expertise surrounding Manchester\u2019s international profile. Part of the British Foreign Policy Group’s National Engagement Programme, the event will connect local, national & wider UK perspectives from business, arts and culture, manufacturing and civil society sectors to discuss how Manchester can leverage its soft power, international engagement and investment priorities after Brexit. The discussion will explore key themes in Manchester\u2019s international ambitions to provide a clear framework of the city\u2019s international links and identify opportunities for further growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":19791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-past-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}