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Chinese Government supports establishment of Confucius Institute at Congolese Diplomatic Academy

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•Democratic Republic of the CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Democratic Republic of the CongoSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (planned)
Dec 21, 2017
End (actual)
Aug 21, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The Confucius institute is located at the Congolese Diplomatic Academy (also known as the DRC Foreign Affairs University) on Place de l’Independance in the Gomba commune of Kinshasa. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/424942624#map=16/-4.3102/15.2806 and https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ministere+Des+Affaires+Etrangers,+Kinshasa,+Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo/@-4.3103241,15.278916,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x1a6a33c4fcdf3585:0x5dbc8ae9f5f9235f!2sPlace+De+L'Independance,+Kinshasa,+Democratic+Republic+of+the+Congo!3b1!8m2!3d-4.3102366!4d15.2811076!3m4!1s0x1a6a33c45bbc2dc9:0x435b03d9d56d5e31!8m2!3d-4.309608!4d15.2814735.

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

  • Government of Democratic Republic of Congo

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Central South University (CSU) of China

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Congolese Diplomatic Academy (Académie diplomatique congolaise)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government supports establishment of Confucius Institute at Congolese Diplomatic Academy

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 21, 2017, the Chinese Government committed to establish a Confucius Institute in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was officially co-established by the Congolese Diplomatic Academy (also known as the DRC Foreign Affairs University) and Central South University of China on August 21, 2018. It is the first Confucius Institute in the DRC. The monetary value of the grant commitment for this project is unknown. This project is completed.