Project ID: 53779

China donates 100,000 yuan to Sri Lanka for second year of Chinese Ambassador Scholarship

Commitment amount

$ 17052.864102533298

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 17052.86

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sri Lanka

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-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

2017-08-02

Actual start

2017-08-02

Actual complete

2017-08-02

Description

In 2017, the Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka donated 100 thousand yuan to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education for a "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship". 18 Sri Lankan students were awarded the full Chinese government scholarship this year, although 55 total students benefited. The awards ceremony was held at the Chinese Embassy on 2 August with the attendance of Ambassador Yi Xianliang, Mr. Madhawa Dewasurendra, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Higher Education and Highways and family members of the winners. This is the second year of this annual scholarship. Linked to projects #53789 (2016) and #54019 (2018).

Additional details

intent is coded as mixed because it is both development and representation.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No