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Chinese Government provides $2.96 million grant for Center for Applied Fisheries Research (CIPA) Construction Project

$2.97M USD

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Guinea-Bissau
Country	Guinea-Bissau
Start Date	Jan 01, 2015
End Date	Jan 24, 2033
Duration	6,598 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`57059`

Grant Description

According to email correspondence between AidData’s Executive Director and the Director General of the Office of the Secretary of State for Planning and Regional Integration in Guinea-Bissau, the Chinese Government provided a grant worth $2,965,040 to the Government of Guinea-Bissau for the Center for Applied Fisheries Research (CIPA) Construction Project.

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) was the funding source.

CIPA is a public scientific establishment in charge of assessment and monitoring of fishery stocks at the national level. It also guarantees the phytosanitary control of fishery products for sale and export.

📋 Staff Comments

The Chinese name for CIPA is 几内亚比绍渔业应用研究中心 and Portuguese is Centro de Investigação Pesqueira Aplicada. The Portuguese project title is Construção de Centro de Investigação Pesqueira Aplicada (CIPA). The Chinese project title is 渔业应用研究中心实验室. The grant commitment year is unknown. However, in April 2015, Guinea-Bissau’s State Secretariat for Fisheries and Marine Economy obtained grant funding from MOFCOM to outfit CIPA with equipment (See: Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China).As such, for the time being, AidData codes the grant commitment year as 2015.

📚 Sources & References

Guiné Bissau
State Procurement Office: Public bidding for the Fisheries Application Research Center Laboratory (N0 2015/11)
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Zhang Taolin meets with Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Minister Mario and his party
FINANCIAMENTO CHINÊS (DONATIVOS E EMPRESTIMOS) AOS PROJETOS DE INVESTIMENTO DA GUINÉ-BISSAU
Pedido de Lista de Doações e Empréstimos de Instituições Governamentais Chinesas 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.