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Hanban provides a grant to the UCL Institute of Education to renovate the Confucius Institute at the UCL Institute of Education as a Model Confucius Institute (Linked to Record ID#44315)

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 22, 2017
End (actual)
Jun 22, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The project established the Model Confucius Institute for the Confucius Institute at the UCL Institute of Education at 15 Woburn Square, London, England, WC1H 0NS. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/557814881

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

Government Agencies

  • University College London

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Affiliated High School of Peking University
  • Peking University

Loan description

Hanban provides a grant to the UCL Institute of Education to renovate the Confucius Institute at the UCL Institute of Education as a Model Confucius Institute (Linked to Record ID#44315)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On June 22nd, 2017, the UCL Institute of Education and the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) opened the Model Confucius Institute, providing brand-new teacher training and research facilities and equipment in central London at 15 Woburn Square. The project was a bilateral cooperation project between Peking University and the High School Affiliated to Peking University and UCL. The project was funded by grant by Hanban, improving on the existing Confucius Institute at the UCL Institute of Education which was also funded by Hanban. The original institute project is tracked under ID#44315.

Staff comments

As this is a "Model Confucius Institute", which is a common renovation project for Confucius Institutes funded by Hanban grants, AidData has coded Hanban as the specific government institution funding the project and the project as a grant.