Hanban provides a $50,000 USD grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Eötvös Loránd University (Linked to Record ID#91027 and ID#91035)

Project narrative

In March 2006, formal agreements were signed between Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and the ambassador of China to Hungary to establish the Confucius Institute at Eötvös Loránd University. On July 7, 2006, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the ELTE signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Eötvös Loránd University. As part of the agreement, Hanban provided between $50,000 USD and $100,000 USD in start-up funding, 3,000 volumes of teaching materials, and one or two Chinese language teachers. The Hungarian Ministry of education also provided HUF 5 million forints as a start-up fund. Hanban provides annual funds based on the annual need of the institute. The cooperating partner university is Beijing Foreign Studies University. The agreement has a 5-year validity and automatically renews at the end of every 5-year term. On December 7, 2006, the Confucius Institute at Eötvös Loránd University was officially opened as marked by an opening ceremony. The Confucius Institute at ELTE was the first official national cultural institute in Hungary and in Central Europe where language courses, popular scientific lectures, courses in calligraphy, cooking, and Chinese knotting are organized regularly. As of 2022, the institute has had a total of 237 teachers, 25,000 students, and 76 partner schools. It has won awards for "Advanced Confucius Institute". On October 16, 2009, the Confucius Classroom at the Bolyai János High School was officially opened under the institute. On June 16, 2011, another Confucius Classroom at the Hungarian-Chinese Bilingual School was officially opened. Both projects are tracked separately under ID#91035 and ID#91027, respectively. In November 2013, according to an agreement signed by ELTE Confucius Institute with Hanban, the ELTE Confucius Institute established the CEE Chinese Language Teachers Training Centre, which offers local Chinese language teachers working at the Confucius Institutes and Chinese language teaching institutions in the region free training courses, in order to improve the quality of language teaching. On December 6, 2015, the institute was awarded the designation of "Model Confucius Institute". While the "Model Confucius Institute" status often comes with a grant for renovations, there is no evidence of funding from Hanban for this institute.