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Overview

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Honam University

Commitment Year2006Country of ActivityKoreaDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationKoreaSectorEducationFlow TypeGrant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 15, 2006
End (actual)
Dec 19, 2006

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was the establishment of a Confucius Institute at Honam University, located in Gwangsan-gu, Honam, South Korea. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/539149487.

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

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Honam University

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hunan University

Loan description

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Honam University

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 15, 2006, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Honam University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Honam University. As part of the agreement, Hanban is obligated to provide teaching materials, an annual fund, and numbers of Chinese instructors. The funds are dispersed through a local Bank of China account or other approved bank account created by the institute. The agreement has a 5-year validity and automatically renews at the end of every 5-year term. On November 17, 2006, Honam University and Hunan University (湖南大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Honam University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on December 19, 2006. The Confucius Institute at Honam University oversaw the following one Confucius Classroom: -ID#103121: Gochang-buk High School

Staff comments

The Chinese name of the Confucius Institute is 湖南大学孔子学院 and it is known as 호남대학교 공자아카데미 in Korean.