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Heilongjiang Agricultural Engineering Vocational College and Jacqueville Vocational College jointly fund Luban Workshop (linked to record ID #104761)

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•Cote d'IvoireDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Cote d'IvoireSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 23, 2023
Start (actual)
Nov 14, 2023

Geospatial footprint

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This project funded the Luban Workshop. The Workshop will be hosted by Jacqeville Vocational College (Lycée Professionelle de Jacqueville) in Jacquevile, Côte d'Ivoire. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11502583127.

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

  • Heilongjiang Agricultural Engineering Vocational College

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Cote d'Ivoire

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • Beijing Baitong Kexin Machinery Equipment Company
  • Unipus

State-owned companies

  • YTO Group Corporation

Loan description

Heilongjiang Agricultural Engineering Vocational College and Jacqueville Vocational College jointly fund Luban Workshop (linked to record ID #104761)

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Project narrative

From September 19 to 23, 2023, a meeting was held between Heilongjiang Agricultural Engineering Vocational College, Jacqueville Vocational College, the Chinese Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire, Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of Technical Education, and China YTO Group about the construction of a Luban workshop in Côte d'Ivoire. On November 14, a signing and launching ceremony was held. On July 3, 2024, the director of the Ivoirian cabinet signed a partnership agreement between the Ministry of Technical Training, Professional Development, and Apprenticeship (METFPA) and Unipus, a company that is a leader in digital education in foreign languages in China. On July 5, 2024, a Facebook post from Jacqueville Vocational College referred to the installation of the Luban Workshop as a future project. The goal of the project is to foster technical and agricultural skills in young Ivorians. It will be hosted by Jacqueville Vocational College and will have the specialties of Applied Technology, Modern Agricultural Equipment, and New Energy Vehicle Technology. It will have an advanced fabrication technology training center and an electric and electronic technology training center. Heilongjiang Agricultural College funded a donation of equipment captured in record ID #104761. In 2020, Tianjin University of Technology and Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny also jointly built a Luban Workshop (see record ID #87805).

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 specific vocational schools may fund others. 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