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Chinese Embassy donates RMB 1.43 million for the Bazaar Labrin Redevelopment Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$216,156
Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•SeychellesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SeychellesSector•Other MultisectorFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 19, 2019
Start (actual)
Dec 19, 2019
End (actual)
Dec 19, 2019

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The purpose of this donation was to support the construction of 35 vendor kiosks and other facilities at Bazar Labrin, a market located in Beau Vallon of North Mahé. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4126197889

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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Enterprise Seychelles Agency

Loan desecription

Chinese Embassy donates RMB 1.43 million for the Bazaar Labrin Redevelopment Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 19, 2019, during the visit of a Chinese delegation led by State Councilor Wang Yong to Seychelles and as part of a trade agreement between China and Seychelles, the Chinese Embassy in Seychelles provided a RMB 1.43 million ($203,524 USD; Rs.2,795,310 SCR) cash donation to the Enterprise Seychelles Agency (ESA) for Bazaar Labrin Redevelopment Project The purpose of this donation was to allow ESA to construct 35 vendor kiosks and other facilities at Bazar Labrin, a market located in Beau Vallon of North Mahé, where food and other local products are sold weekly. The project was expected to improve the hygiene and general facility of Bazar Labrin. ESA had difficulty securing financing to implement the project until the Chinese donation. Bazar Labrin was planned to close in December 2019 and re-open as a permanent bazaar after the planned completion of construction in mid-2020. However, in February 2020, the redevelopment of Bazar Larbrin was reassigned to Société Seychelloise d'Investissement (SSI), an investment vehicle of the Seychellois Government; the funding given to ESA for the redevelopment of the site (including the Chinese donation) was set to be diverted to other projects developed by ESA for Seychellois entrepreneurs, such as the redevelopment of the beach park in Anse Royale and a project involving an ex-playground.

Staff comments

1. As this donation was later diverted to other, unset purposes, but the donation was kept by ESA, AidData has coded the project_status field as "Completion" because all Chinese financing was disbursed and set the actual_implementation_start_date and actual_completion_date as December 19, 2019, the day the cash donation was handed over to ESA.