Project ID: 41408

Hanban funds the establishment of a Confucius Institute at Tel Aviv University

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Israel

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

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

2007-05-28

Actual start

2007-05-05

Actual complete

2007-11-01

Geography

Description

On May 28, 2007, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) signed an agreement with Tel Aviv University (TAU) to establish Israel's first Confucius Institute at TAU. The Chinese partner university was Renmin University of China (RUC). Chinese courses began in November 2007. The Confucius Institute at TAU offers courses on Chinese language and culture to the Israeli public, as well as for elementary, middle, and high school students. On September 13, 2012, Chinese Ambassador to Israel, Gao Yangping, the Director General of Confucius Institute Headquarters, Xu Lun, and the Vice President of TAU signed an agreement (Chinese agreement name: 《中国孔子学院总部与特拉维夫大学关于继续合作建设特拉维夫大学孔子学院的协议》) committing continued cooperation to build the Confucius Institute at TAU. As of July 23, 2020, a separate Confucius Institute facility had not been financed or constructed on the campus of TAU

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Tel Aviv University (TAU) [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Renmin University of China [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Tel Aviv University (TAU) [Miscellaneous Agency Type]