Project ID: 72285

Chinese Government funds 62 Benin student scholarships for study in China in 2008

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Benin

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

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2008-01-01

Description

China funded 62 Benin student scholarships for study at universities in China from 2008-2009. On August 21st, 2008 at the Chinese Embassy in Benin, a reception was held for 31 students newly admitted to Chinese universities who would be joining the 31 other Benin scholarship students already in China the following week. At the reception, Ambassador Geng Wenbing mentioned that the 62 Chinese government scholarships awarded in 2008 were a 63% increase from the 38 in 2007, and a 106% increase from 30 scholarships in 2006 (see Projects #70504 and #72783). The Benin Ministry of Higher Education helped facilitate this scholarship program. These scholarships stem from a commitment made at the 2006 Beijing Summit of the Forum on Sino-African Cooperation, which aimed to increase Chinese scholarships to Africa from 2000 to 4000 before 2009.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Benin Ministry of Higher Education [Government Agency]