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Chinese Government provides $471,000 grant for for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building Furniture and Equipment Project (Linked to Record ID#37996)

$471K USD

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Timor-Leste
Country	Timor-Leste
Start Date	Dec 04, 2009
End Date	Jan 11, 2030
Duration	7,343 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`38192`

Grant Description

On December 4, 2009, the Chinese Government and the Government of Timor-Leste signed an exchange of letters, which committed $439,155.07 of grant funding for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building Furniture and Equipment Project.

The purpose of this project was to provide office supplies and equipment to a newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building in the capital city of Dili (which was constructed with a separate $9.3 million Chinese Government grant captured in Record ID#37996). The project was completed between June 4, 2009 and June 20, 2012.

According to the Government of Timor-Leste’s Aid Transparency Portal (ATP), the Chinese Government ultimately disbursed $470,994.58 of grant funding for the project.

📋 Staff Comments

The Chinese project title is Furniture for the Office Building of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Project. The ATP identifies the grant commitment date as December 24, 2007. This issue requires further investigation.
The ATP Project Identification Number is 872921011892.

📚 Sources & References

中国和东帝汶两国政府签署三个经济技术合作文件
Furniture for the Office Building of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chinese Aid in the Pacific
A Promising New Trend? Factors Driving China’s Growing Trilateral Aid Cooperation
Furniture for the Office Building of Ministry of Foreign Affairs 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.