Project ID: 53477

Chinese Government grants 8.3 billion CFCA for National Assembly Building feasibility study via ETCA (linked to #57077, #72109)

Commitment amount

$ 16432841.439915612

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 16432841.44

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Cameroon

Sector

Government and civil society (Code: 150)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

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

Commitment

2017-09-22

Actual start

2019-12-12

Geography

Description

On September 22, 2017, China's Ministry of Commerce signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) for a grant worth 8.3 billion CFCA with Cameroon's Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development to finance the feasibility studies for the construction of Cameroon's National Assembly building. The building will cover an area of 37,500 square meters and will be located in the capital of Yaoundé. A groundbreaking ceremony was held December 12, 2019. This agreement was one of 3 signed on September 22, 2017 (see linked umbrella ProjectID#57077). The Chinese Government later agreed to donate RMB 400 million for the construction of the new National Assembly Building (see linked ProjectID#72109).

Additional details

Other reports put the amount at 191 million RMB.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Cameroon Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development (MINEPAT) [Government Agency]