Project ID: 71654

Chinese military music experts donate musical instruments to the Barbados Defense Force and Cadet Corps (Linked to Project ID#71653)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Barbados

Sector

Other social infrastructure and services (Code: 160)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-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

2008-01-01

Actual start

2008-06-19

Actual complete

2008-06-19

Geography

Description

On February 20, 2008, a team of Chinese military music experts arrived for a four-month long training course with the bands of the Barbados Defense Force (BDF) and the Barbados Cadet Corps (BCC) (see linked project ID#71653). During the training course, China donated musical instruments to the BDF and the BCC. These instruments were used in a joint performance by the Barbadian and Chinese groups playing Chinese and Barbadian music during the closing ceremony of the training course on June 19, 2008.

Additional details

For coding purposes, AidData has used the date of the joint performance (June 19, 2008) as the donation date in the absence of additional information.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Barbados Defence Force (BDF) [Government Agency]

Barbados Cadet Corps (BCC) [Government Agency]