Hanban funds establishment of Confucius Institute at UWI St. Augustine
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]
Recipient
Trinidad and Tobago
Sector
Education (Code: 110)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On June 1, 2013, The University of the West Indies (UWI) in St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, hosted a six-member delegation from Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters in China for a guided tour of the Campus. This was followed by the official signing in Parliament of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a Confucius Institute at the St. Augustine Campus. This Confucius Institute will be the second of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, with one other established at The UWI Mona Campus in Jamaica in July 2010. On Oct 23, the Confucius Institute at UWI, St Augustine Campus was officially opened in an official ceremony with Ambassador Huang Xingyuan. By February 2017, ambassador Song Yumin reported that over 500 students had taken part in the academy.
Number of official sources
5
Number of total sources
8
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
University of the West Indies [Miscellaneous Agency Type]