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Chinese Government provides a RMB 20 million grant — via a June 2005 ETCA — for unspecified purposes

¥20M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
Country	Lebanon
Start Date	Jun 25, 2005
End Date	Sep 16, 2030
Duration	9,214 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`65404`

Grant Description

On June 25, 2005, the Chinese Government and the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), in which the Chinese Government committed RMB 20 million ($2.53 million USD) in grant funding to CDR for unspecified purposes.

The ETCA stipulated that the grant would be allocated at a later date for projects to be mutually agreed upon by the two governments and that it would be disbursed through a bank account established between the Bank of China (BOC) and the Banque du Liban (Lebanon’s central bank). The Council of Ministers of Lebanon approved this grant agreement via Decision No.47 on November 9, 2006.

According to a Donor Coordination and External Assistance Briefing Note published by Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance, the grant proceeds were to be used to provide in-kind assistance (specifically, the provision of unspecified "equipment"). According to CDR, this project has been completed.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is known as 'Economic and Technical Cooperation Projects, 2005' in the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction's (CDR) database. The agreement number is 1058 (see 'CDR Funding - Economic and Technical Cooperation Projects, 2005').
CDR claims that the USD equivalent of this RMB 20 million grant was $3,140,365 USD, but official sources at the time (such as pg.10 of 'Donor Coordination and External Assistance Briefing Note for the Core Group Meeting'), as well as AidData's currency deflator, report an approximately $2.5 million USD figure.
As this is an ETCA, which is a financing mechanism specific to China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), AidData has coded MOFCOM as the specific Chinese Government institution responsible for providing this grant.

📚 Sources & References

China Loans and Grants
China Loans and grants (1).xlsx
UPDATE ON STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON’S EARLY RECOVERY
Financing the Reconstruction Plan
Donor Coordination and External Assistance Briefing Note for the Core Group Meeting, اتفاقية التعاون الاقتصادي والفني بين حكومة الجمهورية اللبنانية وحكومة جمهورية الصين الشعبية
中国向黎巴嫩提供人道主义无偿援助
AidData Mail - FW_Letter of Request for Information from AidData - Lebanon 2018
Progress Report July 2007 Financing the Reconstruction
CDR Funding - Economic and Technical Cooperation Projects, 2005, فهرس الاتفاقيات المعقودة بين لبنان ودول العالم والمجموعات والصناديق الدولية 2020 - 1948 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.

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Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)

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