Project ID: 2168

Chinese Government provides a RMB 20 million grant for the Presidential Palace Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#72426)

Commitment amount

$ 5886274.678716265

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 5886274.68

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Togo

Sector

Government and civil society (Code: 150)

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

2003-10-10

Actual start

2003-11-06

Planned complete

2004-12-01

Actual complete

2006-04-24

NOTE: Red circles denote delays between planned and actual dates

Geography

Description

On April 12, 2001, the Government of China and the Government of Togo signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) (Chinese agreement name: 中华人民共和国政府和多哥共和国政府经济技术合作协定), which committed a RMB 30 million of grant for the Presidential Palace Construction Project, as captured by linked project ID#72426. Then, on October 10, 2003, the Chinese Government and the Togolese Governments signed another ETCA for the provision of an additional RMB 20 million grant for the Presidential Palace Construction Project and any other projects approved by the two governments, as captured by this project. The palace was located at the northern part of the city of Lomé. The two-story, 60,000-square-foot complex included more than 40 offices and banquet and conference halls. The project included the construction of the main body of the presidential palace, the north gate, pump room, transformer room, guard room and garage. The entire complex covered an area of 13 hectares. The palace was intended to serve as a location for the President of Togo to work, hold cabinet meetings, and receive foreign guests. The old presidential palace had fallen into disrepair, posing a challenge for government work. Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for project implementation. Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. (BIAD) was responsible for architectural design. 52 technicians and engineers, 211 workers, and 503 laborers were involved in the palace's construction, which also required 8,000 tons of cement, 12,000 cubic meters of sand, 136,000 cubic meters of gravel and 15,000 tons of steel. The project's groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 6, 2003. At this moment, the project was expected to be completed within 13 months. Then-President of Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, laid the first stone for the palace. Construction began in April 2004 and ended in February 2006. The palace was officially inaugurated on April 24, 2006 in a ceremony presided over by the President of Togo Faure Gnassingbé. Upon completion of the construction phase, Beijing Construction Engineering Group maintained the palace for one year. A first phase of technical cooperation was launched in April 2007, and a second phase was launched in April 2011.

Additional details

1. The French project title is La construction de la nouvelle Présidence de la République. The Chinese project title is 建新总统府项目. 2. A media source covering the groundbreaking ceremony reports that the total commitment for this project was 60 million RMB. Aiddata was only able to track 50 million.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

16

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Togo [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Beijing Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (BCEG) [State-owned Company]

Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. (BIAD) [State-owned Company]