China grants $1.4 million USD for the El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium Rehabilitation Project (Linked to ETCA #66315)
Commitment amount
$ 1621868.394007501
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 1621868.39
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Djibouti
Sector
Other social infrastructure and services (Code: 160)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On 30 January 2013, the Chinese Ambassador and Djibouti Minister of Foreign Affairs signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA #66315) in which China granted $1,437,780 USD for the El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium Rehabilitation Project (or 吉布提哈桑古莱德国家体育场维修项目 or Projet de réhabilitation intégrale du stade Hassan Gouled). China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic & Technical Cooperation was the contractor responsible for project implementation. Construction began on 15 December 2012 and it was completed on 24 July 2014. The rehabilitated stadium was officially handed over to the authorities on 19 October 2014 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by Djiboutian Prime Minister Kamil Mohamed and China’s Ambassador to Djibouti Fu Huaqiang. Hassan Gouled Stadium was originally constructed between 1986 and 1996 by COMPLANT with funding from the Chinese government.
Number of official sources
22
Number of total sources
23
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Djibouti [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co., Ltd. (CJIC) [State-owned Company]