Project ID: 54864

China Begins Language Training in Dominican Republic (linked to #61029)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Dominican Republic

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-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

2008-01-01

Actual start

2008-11-23

Geography

Description

On November 23rd, 2008, China officially started a Chinese language program at the Polytechnic Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) in the Dominican Republic. Li Junfen and volunteers from the National Chinese International Promotion Office of the Ministry of Education of China arrived in the Dominican Republic. The volunteers established language classes at the International Language Center at INTEC, and taught in the Chinese Culture School in “Chinatown.” They also provided consultation and teacher training to the Chinese School of the “Overseas Chinese Association." The students attending the language training included children of Chinese immigrants and Dominican citizens. According to the Foreign Ministry article, the volunteers opened five Chinese classes following their arrival, with a total of 60 students.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo [Miscellaneous Agency Type]