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Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College provides training for 28 Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Workers

Funder	China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)\|China Railway Group Limited (CREC)
Recipient Organization	Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR)
Country	Ethiopia
Start Date	Jul 01, 2023
End Date	Sep 04, 2032
Duration	3,353 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`106745`

Grant Description

In June 2023, 28 workers (15 from Ethiopia and 13 from Djibouti) from Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company attended a six-month training course at Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College.

The training covered technical knowledge and practical skills essential for railway operations, including electrified train driving, locomotive maintenance, and railway administration. Trainees acquired hands-on experience through field visits and state-of-the-art simulations.

The programs also focused on sustainable development, empowering local workers to operate and maintain the railway independently.

This training initiative appears to be a part of the 2016 China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Operation and Management Agreement.

The agreement specified that the CREC-CCECC consortium (also known as the CCECC-CREC JV and 中土集团与中铁二局亚吉铁路联营体公司) would provide two years of technical support during the gradual handover of management duties to EDR in 2024.

An additional agreement was signed in 2019 between Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College and Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR) to train locomotive drivers for the railway.

📋 Staff Comments

1. AidData assumes that the trainings are funded by CREC and CCECC due to the 2016 agreement outlined in source 162183. 2.The agreement between EDR and Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College is not currently available and warrants further investigation.

📚 Sources & References

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Tianjin college hosts training for African railway workers
亚吉铁路运营和维护项目公司 CCECC - CREC JV Project Office - 0 - 亚吉铁路技术文件报送
The Belt and Road and Chinese enterprises in Ethiopia
Laying the Tracks: The Political Economy of Railway Development in Ethiopia’s Railway Sector and Implications for Technology Transfer
Twenty-eight electric locomotive drivers have finished their training., 65名埃塞俄比亚、吉布提籍火车司机来郑培训
Feature: China-sponsored program empowers young train drivers in Africa Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.