Skip to content
AidData logo

Overview

Chinese government pledges visits by experts, scholars to Cuba through environmental protection cooperation MOU

Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•CubaSector•General Environmental ProtectionFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Pledge

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 14, 2005

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

  • China Ministry of Ecology and Environment
  • Cuba Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment

Loan desecription

Chinese government pledges visits by experts, scholars to Cuba through environmental protection cooperation MOU

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On 14 November, 2005, the Minister of the State Administration for Environmental Protection (Ministry of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense) of the People's Republic of China, Xie Zhenhua, and the acting head of the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), Fernando González Bermudez, signed a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes environmental cooperation initiatives, with the goal of strengthening environmental cooperation between the countries.. In the MOU, the Cuban and Chinese governments agreed to exchange information and documentation, arrange mutual visits by experts, scholars and delegations, and hold scientific seminars and training of personnel events. It is unclear, however, if and when these events materialized. The agreement signed at the CITMA headquarters includes benefits to the marine ecological system, the conservation of biodiversity, the improvement of regulations on environmental protection, and the promotion of environmental education.