Project ID: 30307

China Donates Computers and Books to Tanzania's National Central Library

Commitment amount

$ 305551.4077

Constant 2017 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Tanzania

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Concessional

Yes

Category

Intent

Mixed (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-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 year

2012

Completion

2012

2012-09-24

Actual

Description

On September 24, 2012, the Chinese government handed over computers and Chinese publications at the opening ceremony of China Library at Tanzania's National Central Library. The goal of the donation is to introduce the Tanzanian people more to the Chinese history, art, science, politics, and culture. The total donation included 20 computers, 1000 paper publications and videos, 100,000 digital publications, and some furniture, valued at 300,000 USD. The China Library was co-established by China's State Council Information Office and Tanzania's National Central Library. The opening ceremony for the library was a part of a series of cultural exchange events called 'Experience China at Tanzania' that happened throughout September.

Number of official sources

0

Number of unofficial sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Receiving agencies [Type]

Tanzania National Central Library [Other]