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Chinese Government provides RMB 200 million via December 2018 ETCA (Linked to Record ID#59712, #91494)

¥200M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Ecuador
Country	Ecuador
Start Date	Dec 12, 2018
End Date	May 30, 2031
Duration	4,552 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`59063`

Grant Description

On October 11, 2017, the Chinese Ambassador and Ecuador Minister of Foreign Affairs signed three agreements, including an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that provided an RMB 300 million grant (see Record ID#59712).

An unknown portion of this ETCA, or perhaps the entirety of it, was earmarked for the Miguel Hilario Alcívar Hospital Reconstruction Project in Bahía de Caráquez (see Record ID#91494). China Development Bank (CDB) and the Central Bank of Ecuador (Banco Central de Ecuador) handled the banking procedures.

On December 12, 2018, the China Ministry of Commerce signed another ETCA providing another RMB 200 million grant for the same Bahía Hospital Reconstruction Project and other unspecified projects (see Record ID#59063).

In June 2020, Ecuador's Vice President indicated that a USD 40 million grant from China that was previously set aside for the Bahía hospital would instead be used for the construction of a new hospital in Quinindé.

It is therefore unknown to what extent each of these two ETCAs funded the Miguel Hilario Alcívar Hospital Reconstruction Project and to what extent they funded other sub-projects.

Two other agreements were signed on October 11, 2017: Letters of Exchange committing RMB 346 million for a hospital in Chone (see Record ID#59270) and the donation of 10,000 computers to the Ecuador Ministry of Education (see Record ID#59708).

📋 Staff Comments

Project has been marked as umbrella insofar as (1) the text of the ETCA specifies additional projects may be financed through it and (2) it is unclear to what extent each of the two ETCAs funded the Bahía hospital and to what extent they funded other projects.

📚 Sources & References

Comité de Reconstrucción y Reactivación Productiva Informe Trimestral de Gestión (abril - junio de 2018)
Complementary contract is signed for the construction of three units of the Miguel Hilario Alcívar hospital, in Bahía de Caráquez
Construction of the new Bahía de Caráquez hospital will begin this 2019
Convenio de Cooperación Económica y Técnica
Convenio de Cooperación Económica y Técnica entre el Gobierno de la República del Ecuador y el Gobierno de la República Popular China sobre el Otorgamiento de Recursos no Reembolsables de China al Ecuador (TRA_10809)
Ecuador y China suscriben acuerdos de cooperación no reembolsable para la reconstrucción de Manabí
En Quinindé se construirá un nuevo hospital con crédito de China, anunció el vicepresidente Sonnenholzner
Gobierno le promete a Manabí que el 2022 tres hospitales estarán listos
HOSPITAL DE BAHÍA DE CARÁQUEZ CUENTA CON FINANCIAMIENTO
Hospital de Bahía de Caráquez será una realidad
Informe Ejecutivo de Rendición de Cuentas 2021 Ministerio de Salud Pública
Memorándum de Entendimiento...Cooperación no reembolsable para el financiamiento y construcción del proyecto 'Reconstrucción del Hospital Miguel Hilario Alcívar de Bahía de Caráquez, provincia de Manabí'
Obra física de tres hospitales de Manabí aún presents problemas
Obras de infraestructura sanitaria y lucha contra el COVID-19 en Esmeraldas serán financiadas por el Gobierno Nacional
Registro Oficial No.440- Miércoles 06 de marzo de 2019 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.