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Overview

Chinese Government donates 570 video cameras to Bolivian Police Force (Linked to Record ID#54576)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,469,331
Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•BoliviaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BoliviaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
May 31, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The project provides cameras to monitor the cities of La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4499870, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4499832, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4503297, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4511527

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Bolivia Ministry of Government
  • Government of El Alto

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 570 video cameras to Bolivian Police Force (Linked to Record ID#54576)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 31, 2017, the Chinese government donated 570 videocameras to the Bolivian police force to strengthen its ability to monitor the cities of La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. An event took place for the "unconditional donation" at the Government Palace attended by Bolivian President Evo Morales and Chinese Ambassador Wu Yunshuan. Bolivian Government Minister Carlos Romero said during the ceremony that the new cameras represent a 30 percent increase - to 2,325 - of such devices in use in the country. Camera installation is not supposed to replace police patrolling, but contribute to the monitoring system of Bolivia. 270 of the cameras will go to El Alto, and were handed over by the Bolivian Ministry of Government on June 7, 2017.

Staff comments

While the cameras are closely linked to the BOL-110 project (captured in Record ID #s #54577 and #54576), sources clearly indicate the cameras captured in this project are a separate financial flow (see "EL PROYECTO DE SEGURIDAD CIUDADANA BOL 110 SE IMPLEMENTARÁ EN EL ALTO," ex). It is unclear if the 4.2 million USD figure refers to the 270 cameras in El Alto or all 570 cameras. The more conservative estimate has been recorded as the transaction amount.