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Overview

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

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•SwitzerlandDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SwitzerlandSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2013
End (actual)
Sep 21, 2013

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was the establishment of Confucius Institute at the University of Basel, which is located in Am Ring, Basel, Switzerland. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/147597277.

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

  • University of Basel

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • East China Normal University

Loan desecription

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

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2013, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and University of Basel signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Basel. 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 May 13, 2013, University of Basel and China Normal University (华东师范大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. East China Normal 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 September 21, 2013.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese name of the Confucius Institute is 巴塞尔大学孔子学院. 2. The precise establishment date of this Confucius Institute is unknown. For the time being, AidData has coded the commitment_year field as 2013 as this was the year the Confucius Institute it was established and marked the committment_year_estimated? field as True. This issue merits further investigation.