Project ID: 72783

Chinese Government funds 30 Benin student scholarships for study in China in 2006

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

2006-01-01

Description

In 2006, China funded 30 Benin student scholarships for study at universities in China. On August 21st, 2008 at the Chinese Embassy in Benin, a reception for the 2008 scholarship recipients was held and 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 #72285 and #70504). 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]

Government of Benin [Government Agency]