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Overview

China funds Luban Workshop at the University of Abuja

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•NigeriaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•NigeriaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 27, 2020
End (actual)
Nov 27, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to open the Luban Workshop at the University of Abuja. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1133000152

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Abuja

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College
  • University of Abuja

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Sino-German University of Applied Sciences

Loan desecription

China funds Luban Workshop at the University of Abuja

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 27, 2020, a Chinese-funded Luban workshop was opened at the University of Abuja. The Sino-German University of Applied Sciences and the Tianjin Railway Vocational and Technical College aided in the implementation of this project. This Luban Institute holds railway-related courses. When this project was completed, China donated laboratory equipment to the University of Abuja (see Record ID#93257).

Staff comments

1. Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) is a technical assistance program started by Tianjin's Vocational Institute in BRI countries. While it is an important Chinese foreign policy objective, the workshop is not funded through a specific fund or a government entity. Instead, it is heavily dependent on each project. While the Chinese government may directly fund some projects, Chinese SOEs or the specific vocational schools in Tianjin may fund others. As a result, AidData assumes an unspecified Chinese government agency has funded the project. For more information, please consult: https://www.tj.gov.cn/zwgk/szfwj/tjsrmzfbgt/202005/t20200519_2370529.html?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template and http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/s5147/202112/t20211202_584025.html