Overview

Chinese Government donates 4 buses to Colombian Ministry of the Interior

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•ColombiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ColombiaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Nov 6, 2020

Start (actual): Nov 6, 2020

End (actual): Nov 6, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The Chinese Government donated four buses on behalf of the Chinese Government to the municipalities of Montería and Armenia and the governments of Putumayo and Valle del Cauca. More detailed locational information can be found at: Montería: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1343449 Armenia: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1343039 Putumayo: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1375357 Valle del Cauca: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1322825

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

Colombia Ministry of the Interior

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Colombian Presidential Agency of International Cooperation (APC-Colombia)

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 4 buses to Colombian Ministry of the Interior

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 6, 2020, the economic counselor of the Chinese embassy, Dong Wei, donated four buses on behalf of the Chinese Government to the municipalities of Montería and Armenia and the governments of Putumayo and Valle del Cauca. The Colombian Ministry of the Interior and representatives from APC Colombia (Agencia Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia) also attended the ceremony. According to the Minister of the Interior, the buses were part of a request from April 2015 by the Directorate for Democracy, Citizen Participation and Community Action that was approved by the Chinese Government.

Staff comments

1. An agreement or sources related to the referenced "request" from April 2015 could not be identified. Therefore, the commitment date was set to the completion date.