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Overview

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Business Confucius Institute in Athens (Linked to Record ID#91182)

Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•GreeceDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GreeceSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 23, 2008
Start (actual)
Jun 23, 2008
End (actual)
Oct 8, 2009

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

  • Athens University of Economics and Business

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

Loan description

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Business Confucius Institute in Athens (Linked to Record ID#91182)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On June 23rd, 2008, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the Athens University of Economics & Business signed an agreement to establish the Business Confucius Institute in Athens. As part of the agreement, Hanban is obligated to provide funding. The cooperating university is the University of International Business and Economics. Since Hanban was reorganized in June 2020, the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching has been providing funding to the institute instead. That funding is tracked separately under ID#91182. On October 8th, 2009, the institute was officially opened, becoming the first Confucius Institute in Greece and the third institute in Europe to focus on Business and Economics. On June 30th, 2021, the institute celebrated an online 10th anniversary celebration. As of 2021, the institute has taught over 3,000 students.

Staff comments

1. There is a dedicated website for this Confucius Institute: https://www.confucius.aueb.gr/en/. 2. As a Confucius Institute Project, Hanban is the initial financer and the financing was provided through grant. 3. The Chinese Name of the project is 雅典商务孔子学院