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Hanban funds establishment of Confucius Institute at UWI St. Augustine

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•Trinidad and TobagoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Trinidad and TobagoSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2013
Start (actual)
Jun 1, 2013
End (actual)
Oct 23, 2013

Geospatial footprint

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A new Confucius Institute was established at UWI St. Augustine. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/100856792#map=17/10.64278/-61.40050

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

  • Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • University of the West Indies

Loan desecription

Hanban funds establishment of Confucius Institute at UWI St. Augustine

Narrative

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Project narrative

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.