Project ID: 15102

Chinese Government provides $4 million grant to Uganda Industry Research Institute (UIRI) at Nakawa

Commitment amount

$ 11367032.525776353

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 11367032.53

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Uganda

Sector

Industry, mining, construction (Code: 320)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

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

2001-01-01

Actual complete

2002-12-31

Geography

Description

In 2001, the Chinese Government provided a $4,042048.73 grant to the Government of Uganda to support the Uganda Industry Research Institute (UIRI) at Nakawa. The proceeds of the grant were earmarked for (1) direct support to the UIRI-Nakawa, (2) the translocation of equipment for UIRI-Nakawa, and (3) a team of 9 Chinese technical experts to run, maintain and repair facilities established by the Chinese Government during the 1990s and help to train local technicians. The three categories received actual disbursements of $3,897,405.82, $75,600, and $547,519.85, respectively. The first disbursement of the grant was made on March 3, 1998 of $10,568. It should be noted that there was a project implementation delay of 1 year and 3 months.This project was completed on December 31, 2002. The Chinese Government ultimately disbursed more grant funding ($4,520,525.67) than it originally committed.

Additional details

Between 1992 and 1994, the Chinese Government constructed an office building, laboratories, and factories for trail production at UIRI. During the mid-1990s, it also built a ceramic research and production line, a fruit juice processing line, a bread production line, a milk treatment line, an ice cream and yogurt production line, a milk powder production line and a plastic cups production line at UIRI. The Chinese Government also set up laboratories, a boiler room, a refrigeration station and a diesel generating set between 1998-2000 at UIRI.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

9

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Uganda Industrial Research Institute [Government Agency]