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Overview

China funds Luban Workshop at Bamako Univeristy

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•MaliDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MaliSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
End (actual)
Dec 20, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The unveiling ceremony Luban Workshop took place at the Université de Kabala. Additional locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/348022312

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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Bamako

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Tianjin Medical University

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Tianjin Model Vocational Training Institute

Loan description

China funds Luban Workshop at Bamako Univeristy

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 20, 2019, the China-funded the Luban Workshop at Bamako University was opened. Construction took 3 months. Implementation of the workshop was done by Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Model Vocational Training Institute, and Bamako University. This is Africa's fourth Luban workshop. The focus of this workshop is traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The unveiling ceremony was held in Kabbalah University City and was attended by Ambassador Zhu Liying of China, Famanta, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Mali, Traore, President of Bamako Humanities University, Diallo, President of Bamako University of Science and Technology, and Yan Guoliang, Deputy Director of Tianjin Education Commission.

Staff comments

1. Luban Workshop (鲁班工坊) is a technical assistance program started by Tianjin's Vocational Institute in BRI countries. While it is an important Chinese foreign policy objective, the workshop is not funded through a specific fund or a government entity. Instead, it is heavily dependent on each project. While the Chinese government may directly fund some projects, Chinese SOEs or the specific vocational schools in Tianjin may fund others. As a result, AidData assumes an unspecified Chinese government agency has funded the project. For more information, please consult: https://www.tj.gov.cn/zwgk/szfwj/tjsrmzfbgt/202005/t20200519_2370529.html?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template and http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/s5147/202112/t20211202_584025.html