Project ID: 93255

Chinese Embassy awards 92 Benin students the "Belt and Road" Scholarship in 2020

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [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

2020-12-08

Description

On December 8, 2020, the Chinese Embassy and Benin's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research jointly hosted the second annual award ceremony of the Belt and Road scholarship to outstanding Beninese students. The scholarships went to 92 students in Benin, drawing from 10 different majors at four public universities. As part of the award ceremony, awardees shared how they were able to utilize their scholarship money to advance academically.

Additional details

Images from the source show large checks with varying amounts of money on them, but it is unclear how much there is total and how the funds are distributed to different students.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Benin Ministry of Higher Education [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Benin Ministry of Higher Education [Government Agency]