Skip to content
AidData logo

Overview

China aids two phases of U.S.-China joint training program for Afghan diplomats (Linked to Record ID#34645, #34721)

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•AfghanistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AfghanistanSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017

Geospatial footprint

Map overview

Visualizes the AidData-provided feature geometry for this project.

Loading map…

The purpose of this project is to provide funding for training of Afghan Diplomats. The diplomats spend two weeks in Washington DC and New York, followed by a two-week visit to Beijing and other Chinese cities in October. The extensive program includes site visits and meetings at the State Department, vice president's office, the Atlantic Council, the Senate and the United Nations in New York. The recipient agency of this program was the Afghan Ministry of Foreign affairs. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4532116203

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Cofinancing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the United States

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Afghanistan

Loan desecription

China aids two phases of U.S.-China joint training program for Afghan diplomats (Linked to Record ID#34645, #34721)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2018, the two phases of a joint U.S.-China training program for Afghan diplomats was to be held. The first phase of the joint U.S.-China training program would be funded by the United States and be implemented as a two-week training program for up to 15 junior Afghan diplomats. The second phase would be funded by China. On October 2, 2017, the completion ceremony of the Sino-U.S. Cooperation Training Afghan Diplomat Program was held at the U.S. State Department. On September 19, 2018, more than 10 Afghan agricultural and veterinary professionals who participated in the Sino-U.S. cooperative training program visited the Chinese Embassy in the United States. On December 10, 2018, the graduation ceremony for the Sino-U.S. training program for Afghan diplomats was held at the U.S. State Department. Counselor Zhang Yan attended and delivered a speech on behalf of the Chinese Embassy. The Assistant Secretary of the Department of South and Central Asia of the U.S. State Department, Chargé d'affaires of the Afghan Embassy in the United States, and Afghan officials who participated in the training attended the closing ceremony. On December 3, 2019, 15 Afghan diplomats who participated in the Sino-US cooperation training program visited the Chinese Embassy in the United States and held work exchanges. On September 9, 2020, the second Sino-U.S. joint training program for Afghan diplomats officially opened in Washington. Twelve young Afghan diplomats will receive a two-week training in the United States this time, including a series of lectures on diplomacy, public communication, and embassy affairs. After the U.S. training is over, the young diplomats will return to Afghanistan and go to China for the second phase of training within the year.