Project ID: 31283

Hanban establishes Confucius Institute at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Concessional

Yes

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment year

2011

Completion

2012

2012-09-27

Actual

Geography

Description

On November 14, 2011, according to the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), an agreement to establish a Confucius Institute at the University of Sierra Leone was signed. On September 27, 2012, the Chinese Ambassador Kuang Weilin officially inaugurated the Confucius Institute at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone (in the Mount Aureol neighborhood of the capital city of Freetown). Sierra Leone's Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Mikhailu Bah, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ebun Jusu, Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sierra Leone, Jonas Redwood Sawyer were present at the ceremony. This Confucius Institute will promote Chinese language and cultural exchanges and will be jointly managed by the Gannan Normal University of Ganzhou Municipality and the University of Sierra Leone. The cost of establishing the Confucius Institute is unknown.

Number of official sources

2

Number of unofficial sources

0

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Receiving agencies [Type]

University of Sierra Leone [Other]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]; University of Sierra Leone [Other]