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Overview

Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College provides training for 28 Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Workers

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•EthiopiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EthiopiaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jul 1, 2023
Start (actual)
Jul 1, 2023
End (actual)
Dec 30, 2023

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)
  • China Railway Group Limited (CREC)

Receiving agencies

State-owned companies

  • Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College

Loan description

Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College provides training for 28 Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Workers

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In June 2023, 28 workers (15 from Ethiopia and 13 from Djibouti) from Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company attended a six-month training course at Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College. The training covered technical knowledge and practical skills essential for railway operations, including electrified train driving, locomotive maintenance, and railway administration. Trainees acquired hands-on experience through field visits and state-of-the-art simulations. The programs also focused on sustainable development, empowering local workers to operate and maintain the railway independently. This training initiative appears to be a part of the 2016 China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Operation and Management Agreement. The agreement specified that the CREC-CCECC consortium (also known as the CCECC-CREC JV and 中土集团与中铁二局亚吉铁路联营体公司) would provide two years of technical support during the gradual handover of management duties to EDR in 2024. An additional agreement was signed in 2019 between Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College and Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR) to train locomotive drivers for the railway.

Staff comments

1. AidData assumes that the trainings are funded by CREC and CCECC due to the 2016 agreement outlined in source 162183. 2.The agreement between EDR and Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College is not currently available and warrants further investigation.