Project ID: 237

Chinese Government provides EUR 4 million grant for Poilão Dam Construction Project

Commitment amount

$ 9409252.072382908

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 9409252.07

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Cabo Verde

Sector

Water supply and sanitation (Code: 140)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

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

2002-10-29

Planned start

2004-12-01

Actual start

2004-12-28

Actual complete

2006-05-19

NOTE: Red circles denote delays between planned and actual dates

Geography

Description

On October 29, 2002, Chinese and Cape Verdean government officials signed an exchange of notes regarding the Poilão Dam Construction Project. The Government of Cape Verde reportedly financed this project with EUR 4 million of grant funding from an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that it signed with China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). This project involved the construction of the Poilão Dam in the São Lourenço dos Órgãos municipality on Santiago Island. The dam was designed and constructed with a storage capacity of 1.7 million cubic meters of water. It is 26 meters high and 153 meters wide. The dam irrigates an area of 630,000 square meters. Initial design work took place in 2003. Then, in November 2004, Guangdong Yuanda Water Conservancy & Hydro Power Group signed a construction contract. Guangdong Foreign Construction Co., Ltd was also involved in project implementation. Construction began on December 28, 2004 and ended on May 6, 2006. The project passed a final MOFCOM inspection on May 19, 2006 and official project handover certificate was signed on May 24, 2006.

Additional details

The Portuguese project title is Barragem de Poilão or Construção da barragem de Poilão or Barrage de Poilão. The Chinese project title is 泡衣崂水坝项目 or 泡衣崂水坝.

Number of official sources

13

Number of total sources

22

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Cabo Verde [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Guangdong Yuanda Water Conservancy & Hydro Power Group Co.,Ltd [Private Sector]

Government of Cabo Verde [Government Agency]

Guangdong Foreign Construction Co., Ltd (GDFC) [State-owned Company]