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Overview

Chinese Government provides $13.2 million grant for Cambodia Landmines Elimination Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$13,200,000
Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•CambodiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CambodiaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2023
Start (actual)
Mar 9, 2023
End (planned)
Dec 31, 2025

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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Cambodian Mine Action Centre

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Cambodian Mine Action Centre

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $13.2 million grant for Cambodia Landmines Elimination Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On January 1, 2023, the Chinese Government and the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) -- Cambodian government demining agency -- signed a $13.2 million grant agreement for the Cambodia Landmines Elimination Project. The purpose of the project is to support CMAC's landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance operations in three Cambodian provinces: Kampong Thom, Siem Reap and Preah Vihear. The grant was originally scheduled to disburse $4.4 million in 2023, $4.4 million in 2024, and $4.4 million in 2025. The project was originally scheduled to commence on January 1, 2023 and conclude on December 31, 2025.

Staff comments

1. This project is also known as the Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) Reduction Project. 2. The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) is Cambodia’s leading demining organization, working in the key areas of Survey and Land Release, Mine and UXO Clearance, Mine and UXO Risk Education and Training, Research and Development. CMAC was established during the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) in 1992, in order to assist the safe return of thousands of refugees to their homelands across the country. Recognizing that the large number of landmines and UXO across Cambodia was a significant threat to post conflict reconstruction and continuing development, CMAC became an autonomous national organization in 2000 and developed a series of programs including landmine awareness, landmine field information, landmine and UXO clearance and training in landmine clearance to achieve the safe transition to peace and security for the people of Cambodia.