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Overview

China Funds Costa Rica's High Opportunity Schools Network Project Through ETCA (Linked to Record ID#54673)

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•Costa RicaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Costa RicaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 11, 2015

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 Costa Rica

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Chinese Embassy
  • Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education

Loan description

China Funds Costa Rica's High Opportunity Schools Network Project Through ETCA (Linked to Record ID#54673)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

During the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solis on January 6th, 2015, China agreed to provide Costa Rica a grant through an economic and technical cooperation agreement. The grant will be for National Development Plan projects. On December 11, 2015, the Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement was signed between the People's Republic of China and the Government of Costa Rica to grant 150 million Chinese Yuan (RMB) to the Costa Rica for national development purposes. The ETCA specifically funds 4 different projects. Of these projects, one of them is the High Opportunity Schools Network (Red de colegios de alta oportunidad). The purpose of this project is to invest in educational buildings and technical colleges in different parts of the country. As of March 17, 2016, the program served 10,000 students in risky conditions. Part of the High Opportunity Schools Network project involves “Let's Talk in Mandarin” program which teaches Mandarin in 11 institutions, funded again by the ETCA. This initiative was brought about by the Chinese Embassy in Costa Rica and Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Education. This project is linked to Record ID#54673.