Chinese Government provides RMB 7.3 million grant for provision of furniture and teaching equipment to Berg Aukas Youth Skills Training Center Construction (linked to Record ID#s #61545 and #31058)

On December 9, 2016, Ambassador Qiu Xuejun and the director of the National Youth Service Center of Namibia signed the handover certificate for the furniture and teaching equipment donation of the Namibia Youth Training Center on behalf of the two governments.

Wu Wei, Political Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Namibia, and Liu Huabo, Economic and Commercial Counsellor, also attended the ceremony. This donation was funded through an RMB 7.3 million grant, which is recorded in this project. This project is completed.

In 2009, the Chinese Government provided an RMB 100 million interest-free loan to the Government of Namibia for Phase 1 of the Berg Aukas Youth Skills Training Center Construction Project.

The funds for this project were drawn from an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) signed by the two governments in December 2003 (see Record ID#68444).

Phase 1 of this project involved the construction of the Berg Aukas Youth Skills Training Center in the town of Rietfontein (Reinfontein) within the Otjozondjupa Region.

More specifically, it involved the construction of five workshops, an administration block with a resource center, a kitchen and dining hall, sleeping quarters for 800 trainees, 16 classrooms, 16 staff houses and netball and basketball courts. The Chinese state-owned Panhua (泛华) Construction Group was responsible for implementation.

A project feasibility study was undertaken in February 2009. Then, a project design contract was signed on September 8, 2009. A formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on October 26, 2011 and Phase 1 construction ended in 2015.

Phase 2 involved the construction of a workshop, a health clinic, accommodation facilities for 800 trainees, fencing off of infrastructure and a FIFA standard sport stadium with a pavilion. Phase 2 was funded through an RMB 84.89 million grant.

These grant funds were drawn (in part) from an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) signed by the two governments on November 18, 2013.

Phase 2 began in May 2015 and it was officially completed and handed over to the Namibian authorities on September 13, 2019.

The state-of-the-art National Youth Training Center now includes academic buildings, laboratories, workshops, a multi-functional hall, dormitories for teachers and students, canteens, clinics, and sports grounds.

The linked Record ID#61545 captures the RMB 100 million interest-free loan that supported this project, and the linked Record ID#31058 captures the RMB 84.89 million grant that supported this project.