Chinese Government provides funding for Phase 6 of the National Stadium Technical Cooperation Project
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Sierra Leone
Sector
Other social infrastructure and services (Code: 160)
Flow type
Free-standing technical assistance
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On November 8 and December 16, 2013, Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Kuang Weilin, and Sierra Leone's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Samura Kamara, signed an exchange of letters, which committed funding for Phase 6 of the National Stadium Technical Cooperation Project. The monetary value of this financial commitment is unknown. The National Stadium was built with financial support from the Chinese Government in 1970s. The Chinese Government implemented eight phases of the National Stadium Technical Cooperation Project between 1996 and 2019 to support the maintenance and rehabilitation of the stadium. Phase 6 was completed, but its exact start and end dates are unknown.
Additional details
The Chinese project title is 塞国家体育场技术合作. Given that Phase 8 of this project is already complete, AidData assumes that Phase 6 is also complete.
Number of official sources
3
Number of total sources
4
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]