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Overview

Chinese Government provides industrialization education and training to senior Kenyan officials

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•KenyaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KenyaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2015
Start (actual)
Sep 16, 2015
End (actual)
Sep 25, 2015

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 Kenya

Loan description

Chinese Government provides industrialization education and training to senior Kenyan officials

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

From September 16 to 25, 2015, 22 senior Kenyan officials, including the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development, Wilson Songa, attended a week-long educational and industrialization training session in Beijing and Guangzhou, China. The event was part of the Foreign Aid Human Resources Training Program initiated by the China Ministry of Commerce in 2001. The session heavily focused on how China established specialized economic zones in the country and the governing structures and policies that led to the establishment, operation, and supervision of these zones. The Kenyan officials would then gather this information and apply what they learned in order to establish similar economic zones in Kenya. The session also served as a chance for both nations to discuss different investment opportunities in their respective nations. The project is now complete, however, its total cost is unknown. China plans to train 534 Kenyan officials from different areas in 2015.