Building bridges in cultural dialogue and business through language and education

High-level visit to Confucius Institute Ljubljana as part of the 10th anniversary of Confucius Institute Network (Photo: Confucius Institute Ljubljana)

"When I assumed the position of director of Confucius Institute Ljubljana 6 years ago, I did not know what an important role the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana can play in incorporating Chinese language and culture across Slovenian kindergartens and universities, and bringing together local and business communities between China and Slovenia. I hope that Chinese language can be vertically incorporated into the whole Slovenian education system, like they have done in Russia, Portugal, and South Africa. In the US, a new Million Strong Initiative has been recently launched to teach 1 million students Chinese language. Through learning language and building cultural understanding, we also try to provide more job opportunities to Slovenian students and business opportunities for our economy.

Danijela Voljč, MA (Director of Confucius...

Continue reading on: