Chinese Government provides a RMB 15 million grant — via a January 2010 ETCA — to acquire equipment for people with special needs (Linked to Project ID#65644)

On January 14, 2010, the Chinese Government and the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), in which the Chinese Government committed RMB 15 million ($2.2 million USD) in grant funding to Lebanon for unspecified purposes (captured by this project). The same day, the Chinese Government and CDR signed another, separate ETCA, in which the Chinese Government committed RMB 20 million ($3.1 million USD) in grant funding to Lebanon for unspecified purposes (captured by linked project ID#65644). The use of the grant proceeds was to be mutually agreed upon by both governments. The Council of Ministers of Lebanon approved the grants via Resolution No. 51 dated December 21, 2009 and Resolution No. 27 dated January 5, 2010. Ultimately, the RMB 15 million grant was used to acquire equipment for Lebanese people with special needs. According to CDR, this project has been completed.

Additional details

This project is known as "Economic and Technical Cooperation, 2010 - Equipments for People with Special Needs" in the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction's (CDR) database. The agreement number is 6872 (see "CDR Funding - Economic and Technical Cooperation, 2010 - Equipments for People with Special Needs"). CDR claims that the USD equivalent of this RMB 15 million grant was $2,350,448 USD, but official sources at the time (such as pg.1 of "Aid Coordination Newsletter Issue 27 February 2010") report a $2.2 million USD figure. As this is an ETCA, which is a financing mechanism specific to China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), AidData has coded MOFCOM as the specific Chinese Government institution responsible for providing this grant.

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