Project ID: 2219

Chinese Government provides grant for National Stadium Rehabilitation project

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Other social infrastructure and services (Code: 160)

Flow type

Grant

Concessional

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

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Implementation

2001

2001-08-01

Actual start

Commitment

Estimated.

2002

2002-05-01

Planned completion

NOTE: This project began implementation and then later secured financing from a Chinese funding agency to continue project implementation

Geography

Description

On April 18, 2002, Dr. Alpha T. Wurie, Minister of Education Youths, and Sports, discussed the August 2001 commencement of the National Stadium Rehabilitation, and announced that the project would be completed by the end of April 2002. This project was funded with a Chinese Government grant, but the monetary value of this grant commitment is known. China’s Ministry of Commerce reports that this project was completed at some point during calendar year 2002, but precise project start and end dates are unknown. The construction of the National Stadium, which is a 30,000-seat stadium in Freetown, was financed by the Chinese Government during the 1970s. Construction started on June 1, 1975 and ended October 31, 1978, and the stadium was handed over to the Sierra Leonean authorities on April 19, 1979. The stadium was repaired once before (in 1992) by the Chinese Government.

Additional details

STAFF_NOTE: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport existed but was then split up into the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth Affairs.

Number of official sources

2

Number of unofficial sources

3

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Cofinanced

No

Receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]; Ministry of Education, Youths, and Sports [Government Agency]