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Chinese Government provides a RMB 60 million grant — via an ETCA — for the Agricultural Equipment Acquisition Project

¥60M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Georgian Ministry of Agriculture
Country	Georgia
Start Date	Jul 10, 2012
End Date	Nov 02, 2031
Duration	7,054 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`67084`

Grant Description

On July 10, 2012, the Chinese Government and the Government of Georgia signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), in which the Chinese Government committed RMB 60 million ($9,420,000 USD) in grant funding for an Agricultural Equipment Acquisition Project.

The proceeds from this grant were used to purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment to improve the delivery of irrigation services of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.

On May 12, 2015, the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and Chinese Ambassador to Georgia Yue Bin conducted an on-site inspection of the equipment and machinery. On November 6. 2015, another on-site equipment inspection took place.

However, according to the Government of Georgia’s External Assistance Management Information System (EAMIS), this project reached completion status on September 1, 2016.

This event is also considered teh handover ceremony of the project (Ambassador to Georgia Yue Bin Attended the Equipment Handover Ceremony of China-Georgia Economic and Technological Cooperation Project).

📋 Staff Comments

In the Government of Georgia’s External Assistance Management Information System (EAMIS), this project is called ‘Purchase of agricultural machinery and equipment (to improve the delivery of irrigation services in Georgia) for the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia’. The Georgian project title is საქართველოს სოფლის მეურნეობის სამინისტროსთვის შესაბამისი ტექნიკისა და აღჭურვილობის შეძენა(საქართველოში ირიგაციის მომსახურების მიწოდების გასაუმჯობესებლად).AidData has assumed, in the absence of any specific information, that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce was the source of funding for this project, as the majority of grants and interest-free loans provided by the Chinese government come from MOFCOM.

📚 Sources & References

Aid Information Management System, 6 November 2019 Flat Export of China Records from the Electronic Aid Information Management System of Republic of Georgia
Chinese Government Grants to the Government of Georgia
Request for List of Loans from Chinese Government Institutions to Georgia
Chinese Ambassador to Georgia Yue Bin accompanied Prime Minister Garibashvili to inspect Chinese government's agricultural equipment (驻格鲁吉亚大使岳斌陪同格总理加里巴什维利视察中国政府援格农机设备)
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Ambassador to Georgia Yue Bin Attended the Equipment Handover Ceremony of China-Georgia Economic and Technological Cooperation Project (驻格鲁吉亚大使岳斌出席中格经济技术合作项目设备交接仪式) 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.