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Hanban provides GBP 500,000 grant for Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools in 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$661,368
Commitment Year•2020Country 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
Jan 1, 2020
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2020
End (actual)
Jan 1, 2020

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This project provides funding to the Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools (CISS), located at The Ramshorn, Ramshorn Graveyard, 98 Ingram St, Glasgow G1 1EX, United Kingdom. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/86419939.

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

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools (CISS)

Loan description

Hanban provides GBP 500,000 grant for Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools in 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2020, Hanban provided approximately GBP 500,000 in funding to the Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools (CISS) to support its programming, including the funding of CISS "hub classrooms." Each of these classrooms, located in primary and secondary schools throughout Scotland, hosts at least one visiting teacher from their partner schools in Tianjin to facilitate the teaching of Chinese language and culture. Funding was not reduced in the 2020-2021 financial year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the expectation that any unspent monies could be carried forward to the 2021-22 financial year.

Staff comments

1. The Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools (CISS) is the first government initiated Confucius Institute in the UK, jointly established by the University of Strathclyde, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages, and the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission. It is administered through Education Scotland. 2. AidData assumes that Confucius Classroom Hubs do not receive funding directly from the Scottish Government or the Chinese Government. Instead, funds are disbursed through CISS.