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Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of a Confucius Institute at the Free University of Tbilisi

Commitment Year•2010Country of Activity•GeorgiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GeorgiaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2010
End (actual)
Sep 30, 2010

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the establishment of a Confucius Institute at the Free University of Tbilisi in the city of Tbilisi. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/161757318

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

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Free University of Tbilisi

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Lanzhou University

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Free University of Tbilisi

Loan description

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of a Confucius Institute at the Free University of Tbilisi

Narrative

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Project narrative

On June 28, 2010, the Free University of Tbilisi and the Office of Chinese Council International (Hanban) signed an agreement on the Establishment of a Confucius Institute. Lanzhou University was the initial partnering Chinese university. This was the first Confucius Institute in Georgia. The Confucius Institute at Free University of Tbilisi began operations on September 30, 2010. The formal inauguration of the Confucius Center was held on November 26, 2010.

Staff comments

The Chinese title for the project is 第比利斯自由大学孔子学院. The monetary value of the grant commitment that supported this project is unknown. Free University of Tbilisi is an entirely separate institution from Tbilisi Open University. Some translations are fickle, leading to misidentification between these two schools. "驻格鲁吉亚大使岳斌出席第比利斯自由大学孔子学院成立四周年庆祝活动" source is about the 4th anniversary of the Confucius Institute held on September 30, 2014, meaning that the institute began operation September 30, 2010.