Project ID: 35643

Chinese Government provides grant for Rural School Construction Project

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Guinea-Bissau

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

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

2007-10-17

Actual start

2008-05-01

Actual complete

2009-01-01

Geography

Description

At the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the Chinese government put forward eight measures to assist Africa, including the construction of 100 rural schools for African countries. At the request of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the Chinese Government agreed to build two rural schools for Guinea-Bissau. Then, in October 2007, the two governments signed an exchange of letters regarding the Rural School Construction Project. The monetary value of the grant from China’s Ministry of Commerce that supported this project is unknown. The project was originally designed to support the construction of two schools in the provinces of Cacheu and Bafatá. Each school — with a construction area of approximately 1,100 square meters — would be able to accommodate 300 children. However, MOFCOM ultimately support the construction of a third school it the city of Bissau. China Henan International Cooperation Group Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for project design and implementation, and China Youfa International Engineering Design and Consulting Company was responsible for the construction supervision. Construction began in May 2008 and ended in January 2009.

Additional details

The Portuguese project title is Escolas de Amizade Sino-Guineense. The Chinese project title is 中几比友谊小学 or 中几比友谊小学巴法塔、比绍、卡谢乌校区.

Number of official sources

6

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Guinea-Bissau [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Guinea-Bissau [Government Agency]

China Youfa International Engineering Design Consulting Co., Ltd. [Government Agency]

China Henan International Cooperation Group Co., Ltd. (CHICO) [State-owned Company]