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Overview

China hosts seminar on economic planning for 30 Sierra Leonean officials

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
Aug 16, 2017
End (actual)
Sep 7, 2017

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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
  • Sierra Leone Ministry of Finance and Economic Development

Loan description

China hosts seminar on economic planning for 30 Sierra Leonean officials

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On August 14, 2017, 30 staff from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Sierra Leone left for China to attend a seminar on medium and long-term economic planning. The National Development and Reform Commission of China will organize the seminar from August 16 to September 7, 2017 in Beijing. On August 2, 2017, the Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese embassy, Shen Xiaokai met with the 30 participants at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. In his remarks he told the participants that in December 2016, during their visit to China, President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma and the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Momodu Kargbo, the Chinese government officials met with them and the seminar was a result of the meeting. All participants were given free flight tickets from the Chinese embassy.