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Chinese Government provides $471,000 grant for for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building Furniture and Equipment Project (Linked to Record ID#37996)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$653,419
Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•Timor-LesteDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Timor-LesteSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 4, 2009
Start (planned)
Jun 4, 2009
Start (actual)
Jun 20, 2012
End (actual)
Jun 20, 2012

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of the project was to furnish a 6700 square meter office building in the capital city of Dili for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste (exact locational coordinates: -8.54842, 125.55639). More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/149376858

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 Timor-Leste

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides $471,000 grant for for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building Furniture and Equipment Project (Linked to Record ID#37996)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 4, 2009, the Chinese Government and the Government of Timor-Leste signed an exchange of letters, which committed $439,155.07 of grant funding for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building Furniture and Equipment Project. The purpose of this project was to provide office supplies and equipment to a newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building in the capital city of Dili (which was constructed with a separate $9.3 million Chinese Government grant captured in Record ID#37996). The project was completed between June 4, 2009 and June 20, 2012. According to the Government of Timor-Leste’s Aid Transparency Portal (ATP), the Chinese Government ultimately disbursed $470,994.58 of grant funding for the project.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese project title is Furniture for the Office Building of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Project. The ATP identifies the grant commitment date as December 24, 2007. This issue requires further investigation. 2. The ATP Project Identification Number is 872921011892.