Overview

Chinese Government Grants digital Teaching Equipment and Ambulances to the Government of Bulgaria

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,223,097

Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•BulgariaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BulgariaSector•Other MultisectorFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Oct 4, 2005

Start (actual): Oct 4, 2005

End (actual): Oct 11, 2005

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The purpose of this project was for the Chinese government to give digital teaching equipment and ambulances to the Government of Bulgaria. More detailed locational details can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4283101#map=10/42.7102/23.4915

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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Bulgaria

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Bulgaria

Loan description

Chinese Government Grants digital Teaching Equipment and Ambulances to the Government of Bulgaria

Narrative

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Project narrative

On 4 October 2005, the Chinese government donated 17 ambulances and two sets of digital teaching equipment worth a total of 5 million RMB arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 11 October 2005, a donation ceremony was held to transfer the 5 million RMB worth of aid equipment to Bulgaria. The formal ceremony was held at the National Public Health Center, where the Chinese embassy's political counselor, Wang Junling, symbolically presented the keys of the ambulances to Bulgaria's Health Minister Radoslav Gaidarski. The ceremony was held in the presence of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs - Evgenia Koldanova, Director of the Foreign Assistance Agency - Grigor Malev M.D., Deputy Minister of Health - Matei Mateev M.D., Head of Sofia's Emergency Centre - Georgi Gelev M.D., representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, doctors and healthcare experts. One set of teaching equipment was donated to Sofia No.18 Middle school, another one was donated to Sofia university. 10 ambulances were donated to Sofia, the rest were allocated to other cities.