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Overview

Chinese Government provides $4.5 million grant for Au Cap Primary School Construction Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$7,477,040
Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•SeychellesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SeychellesSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 13, 2007
Start (actual)
May 1, 2008
End (actual)
May 5, 2010

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of the project is to provide $4.5 million grant for Au Cap Primary School Construction Project. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/524387411

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

  • Government of Seychelles

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Seychelles

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides $4.5 million grant for Au Cap Primary School Construction Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 10, 2007, Seychelles Minister for Industries, Investment and Technology Jacquelin Dugasse and China's Minister for Commerce Bo Xilai, signed a series of agreements in an event that was witnessed by President Hu Jintao of China and President James Michel of Seychelles. One of the agreements related to the construction of a new primary school at Au Cap. Then, on February 13, 2007, the Chinese Government and the Government of Seychelles signed letters of exchange related to the Au Cap Primary School Construction Project. China’s Ministry of Commerce was the source of funding and it committed $4.5 million in total. The contractor responsible for implementation is unknown. The project involved the construction of a primary school in Au Cap district with the capacity to accommodate 400 and 500 pupils. Construction began in May 2008 and the project was officially completed and handed over to the Government of Seychelles on May 5, 2010. The school officially opened on October 7, 2010.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 奥凯普地区小学及幼儿园项目 or 奥凯普地区小学校. In May 2020 email correspondence with AidData’s Executive Director, Seychelles’ Ministry of Finance provided a list of loans that the Government of Seychelles had contracted with Chinese Government institutions and this list did not include a loan for the Au Cap Primary School Construction Project. Therefore, AidData has coded this project as grant-financed rather than loan-financed.