Project ID: 68412

Chinese Government provides grant for Vaitele Primary School Renovation Project

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Samoa

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2008-03-05

Actual start

2009-08-21

Actual complete

2010-04-14

Geography

Description

On March 5, 2008, the Chinese Government and the Government of Samoa signed an exchange of notes, which committed an unspecified amount of grant funding for the Vaitele Primary School Renovation Project. The purpose of this project was to renovate a primary school (known as Vaitele-Uta Primary School) in the village of Vaitele (Vaitele-Uta) on the island of Upolu, 3 km from the Central Business District (CBD) of Apia. Shanghai Construction Engineering Group was the contractor responsible for implementation. On August 21, 2009, a groundbreaking ceremony took place. Then, on April 14, 2010, a handover ceremony for the project took place.

Additional details

This project is also known as the Vaitele-Uta Primary School Construction Project. The Chinese project title is 瓦伊特莱小学维修项目.

Number of official sources

6

Number of total sources

9

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Samoa [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Shanghai Construction Engineering Group (SCG) (上海建工) [State-owned Company]

Government of Samoa [Government Agency]