Project ID: 54038

China Grants 1500 Scholarships for Afghan Students (Linked to projects #53999 and #54039)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Afghanistan

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

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

Pipeline: Commitment (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2015-11-03

Description

On November 3, 2015, China pledged to grant 1500 scholarships to Afghan students in 2016. Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao signed the education cooperation agreement with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during his visit in Afghanistan. According to Li, the scholarships will provide Afghan students with training in health service and education in China, and will facilitate the "people to people exchange" between the two countries. Amount of the scholarships and status of this project remain unclear. This project is linked to two other technical agreements that were also signed on November 3, 2015: a 500 million Yuan grant for the construction of 10,000 apartments for civil servants in Kabul (#53999) and aid to help Afghanistan with Taliban peace talks (#54039). In Oct 1, 2016, it was reported that 150 scholarships had been granted. As of Feb 21, 2019, the completion status is unclear.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

5

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Cofinanced

No