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Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College provides training for 35 Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway senior staff

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	Oct 01, 2023
End Date	Mar 24, 2031
Duration	2,731 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`107442`

Grant Description

In October 2023, 35 senior staff from Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company attended a one-month training course at Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College. The training encouraged capacity building amongst staff and enhancing the operation and maintenance of the railway.

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.

📋 Staff Comments

1. AidData assumes that the trainings are funded by CREC and CCECC due to the 2016 agreement outlined in source 162183.

📚 Sources & References

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, 65名埃塞俄比亚、吉布提籍火车司机来郑培训
Tianjin college hosts training for African railway workers
The second batch of capacity-building training is being provided to EDR leaders 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.