Project ID: 73310

Chinese Government provides grant for Fourah Bay College Secondary School Construction Project

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

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

2008-01-01

Actual start

2008-09-02

Actual complete

2010-01-09

Geography

Description

On September 2, 2008, Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Education signed an implementation contract for a Chinese Government grant-funded primary school construction project in Yoni village within Bombali district and a Chinese Government grant-funded secondary school at Fourah Bay College. Yoni is the home village of Sierra Leone's then-President, Ernest Bai Koroma. The monetary value of this grant commitment is unknown. Then, on January 9, 2010, China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi attended a project handover ceremony for the secondary school at Fourah Bay College. No additional details are available.

Additional details

The Chinese project title is 援塞拉利昂农村学校项目.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. [State-owned Company]

Sierra Leone Ministry of Education [Government Agency]