Overview

China provides grant financing for the School of Excellence Construction Project in Djibouti (Linked to Record ID#85281, ETCAs #66315, #59360, #30165)

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•DjiboutiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•DjiboutiSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2013

Start (actual): Jun 16, 2015

End (actual): Sep 10, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.google.com/maps/place/School+D'excellence+De+Djibouti/@11.5614892,43.1046745,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x162307334e5b5f4f:0xea72f6d6e33c66c6!2sSchool+D'excellence+De+Djibouti!8m2!3d11.561484!4d43.1068632!3m4!1s0x162307334e5b5f4f:0xea72f6d6e33c66c6!8m2!3d11.561484!4d43.1068632 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/770660549

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 Djibouti

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

Hunan Provincial Communications Planning Survey & Design Institute

Loan desecription

China provides grant financing for the School of Excellence Construction Project in Djibouti (Linked to Record ID#85281, ETCAs #66315, #59360, #30165)

Narrative

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Project narrative

Between 2012 and 2014, the Chinese government signed three different Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreements (ETC) in order to finance the School of Excellence Construction Project (or Basic Education Project or l’École d’excellence or 援吉布提基础教育学校项目) in Djibouti. The first ETCA signed in February 2012 (#30165) provided a 40 million interest-free loan. The second ETCA signed in January 2013 (#66315) provided a grant of an unknown value. The third ETCA signed in January 2014 (#59360) granted $16.5 million USD. It is unclear how much of each ETCA was allocated towards the School of Excellence Project. Hunan Today reported that the Chinese government contributed a total of 66 million RMB (about $10.7 million USD) to the School of Excellence Project. This project captures the grant funding derived from ETCAs #66315 and #59360. Record ID#85281 records the interest-free loan financing from ETCA #30165. Hunan Province Architectural Design Institute Co., Ltd was the contractor responsible for project implementation. The School of Excellence is located in PK13 district of Djibouti City, about 12 km outside of the capital. Construction began on 16 June 2015 and ended on 15 December 2016. The school was opened and put into use on 10 September 2017. A formal project handover ceremony then took place on 17 September, 2017.