Project ID: 93373

Chinese Embassy awards the "Belt and Road" scholarship to 44 Benin students in December 2021

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

2021-12-23

Actual start

2021-12-23

Actual complete

2021-12-23

Description

On December 23, 2021, 44 Beninese students from 13 "development sectors," including 15 female students, were awarded Belt and Road scholarships funded by the Chinese Embassy. The top three students from each sector were awarded 500,000, 300,000, and 200,000 CFA francs respectively. These scholarships will provide educational financing for these students to enhance their studies. The award ceremony was co-hosted by Chinese Ambassador to Benin, Peng Jintao, and Beninese Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Eléonore Yayi Ladékan.

Additional details

1. This marked the third year of the "Belt and Road Scholarship Program" in Benin, for a total of 136 total beneficiaries from 2019-2021. The 2020 iteration is captured in ProjectID#93255, and the 2019 iteration at ProjectID#68490.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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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]