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China Trust Fund provides a $300,000 USD grant for the Support towards Ratification and Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$325,145
Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•Multi-RegionDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•China (People's Republic of)Sector•General Environmental ProtectionFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 14, 2012
End (actual)
Mar 1, 2016

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 Ecology and Environment

Receiving agencies

State-owned Funds

  • UNEP China Trust Fund

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

Loan description

China Trust Fund provides a $300,000 USD grant for the Support towards Ratification and Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On 14 December 2012, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (China MEP) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) signed a framework agreement on strategic cooperation. This agreement involved China MEP committing $2 million annually to the China Trust Fund which focuses on environmental protection in African, ASEAN, and Central Asian countries. According to a 2017 Final Report from UNEP, $400,000 USD from the China Trust Fund was allocated to the Support towards Ratification and Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Project (T1-P2) (p. 71). This project took place in unspecified African and Asian Pacific countries (p. 57). It was completed in March 2016.