Completed Development AidData Chinese Aid

Chinese Government provides a RMB 40 million grant - via a January 2017 ETCA - to provide assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon (Linked to Record ID#65741)

¥40M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
Country	Lebanon
Start Date	Jan 13, 2017
End Date	Sep 30, 2029
Duration	4,643 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`65737`

Grant Description

On January 13, 2017, the Chinese Government and the Government of Lebanon's Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) which committed a RMB 40 million grant from the Chinese Government to Lebnon (captured by this project).

The Chinese Government and CDR, the same day, signed another ETCA which committed a RMB 40 million grant from the Chinese Government to CDR (captured by linked Record ID#65741). Both grants were for the provision of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

On March 9, 2017, Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon Wang Kejian and President of the CDR Nabil El-Jisr signed an exchange of letters on behalf of their governments to confirm the project. These two grants were implemented by Lebanon’s Ministry of Social Affairs. The Chinese aid package included advanced medical equipment and daily necessities.

The aid also included a batch of food.

In addition to broad improvements to the living conditions of Syrian refugees, the project specifically sought to address the special needs of the disabled and other vulnerable groups among the Syrian refugee population in Lebanon.

The Chinese Government and the Lebanese Government signed the project handover certificate in a ceremony marking the project's completion on March 16, 2018.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is known as 'Economic and Technical Cooperation - 2016/2 (Humanitarian Aid)' in the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction's (CDR) database. The agreement number is 16318 (see 'CDR Funding - Economic and Technical Cooperation - 2016/2 (Humanitarian Aid)').According to September 2018 correspondence between AidData and Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance, the combined RMB 70 million grant commitment (which came in the form of separate RMB 30 million and RMB 40 million commitments) was not finalized until May 16, 2017 (see the 'Grants' tab in 'China Loans and grants (1).xlsx'). It is is unclear if this grant commitment is related to the batches of emergency assistance captured by project ID#65875 and ID#65971. This issue merits further investigation.As ETCAs are a financing mechanism specific to China's Ministry of Commerce, AidData has coded MOFCOM as the specific Chinese Government institution responsible for the provision of this grant.

📚 Sources & References

China Loans and Grants
Signing of two grant agreements with the Chinese government
China Loans and grants (1).xlsx
Progress Report 2017
China's aid helps improve living conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon: minister
Funding of the Reconstruction Program
Signature with the Chinese government
中国政府再次向黎巴嫩提供人道主义援助
CDR Progress Report 2017
RE- Letter of Request for Information from AidData, ابرام اتفاقية التعاون الاقتصادي والفني بين حكومة جمهورية الصين الشعبية وحكومة الجمهورية اللبنانية بشأن تقديم منحة لتنفيذ مشاريع مساعدة انسانية, ابرام اتفاقية التعاون الاقتصادي والفني بين حكومة جمهورية الصين الشعبية وحكومة الجمهورية اللبنانية بشأن تقديم منحة لتنفيذ مشاريع مساعدة انسانية
中国政府对黎巴嫩政府医疗设备和生活物资人道主义援助项目顺利交接
中国政府再向黎巴嫩提供人道主义援助
中国政府向黎巴嫩政府提供人道主义援助
China offers aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon
中国政府再次向黎巴嫩提供人道主义援助
CDR Funding - Economic and Technical Cooperation - 2016/2 (Humanitarian Aid) 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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