Overview

Chinese Government Donates $200,000 to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in 2019

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$207,597

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•Oceania, regionalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SamoaSector•Disaster Prevention And PreparednessFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2019

Start (actual): Sep 17, 2019

End (actual): Sep 17, 2019

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The purpose of this project was to provide a grant to SPREP at Vailima, Samoa More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/141654563#map=14/-13.8822/-171.7664

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

Intergovernmental Organizations

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government Donates $200,000 to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in 2019

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 17 2019, Chinese Ambassador to Samoa Chao Xiaoliang met with Kosi Latu, Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and handed over the $200,000 donation from the Chinese government to SPREP. While the amount is unknown, China has been documented stating that they will donate a total of 1 million USD to pacific island countries within a year of the donation. The primary purpose of the financial assistance presented to SPREP is to support the Secretariat in its efforts to address key priority concerns of Pacific island countries in relation to Climate Change.