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Chinese Government provides RMB 20 million grant — via May 2018 ETCA — for Đurđevića Tara Bridge Renovation Project and other infrastructure projects (Linked to Record ID#67265 and #85201)

¥20M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Montenegro
Country	Montenegro
Start Date	Jan 01, 2018
End Date	Dec 26, 2033
Duration	5,838 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`67264`

Grant Description

On May 8, 2018, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Milutin Simović, and Ambassador of China to Montenegro, Cui Zhiwei, signed the new agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two governments.

The agreement stipulates that the Government of China will allocate additional grants amounting to 20 million yuan (about EUR 2.63 million) for the reconstruction of Đurđevića Tara Bridge and other projects.

This agreement follows the April 26, 2018 announcement by the Chinese Government that it intended to provide this RMB 20 million grant.

The feasibility study for the reconstruction project, based on the agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation signed in May 2017, had been developed by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and forwarded to the Chinese Ministry of Trade for verification, after which it will be submitted to the Government of Montenegro.

According to information from the Chinese side, the feasibility study shows that the initially allocated funds under the 2017 agreement, also in the amount of 20 million yuan, will not be sufficient to reconstruct the bridge, which is why the Chinese side has decided to allocate an additional 20 million yuan in 2018 and sign a new agreement with the Government of Montenegro.

On October 26, 2018, an agreement between the governments of China and Montenegro signed an agreement on the realization of the bridge project on Tara river.

On December 1, 2020, the governments of China and Montenegro signed the implementation agreement for the Bridge Renovation Project.

📋 Staff Comments

The grant agreement can be accessed in its entirety via https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv965ko40q88pp7/01.12.2020.%20ENG.pdf?dl=0.
A timeline for the development of the project and the grant commitment can be found in this

📚 Sources & References

http://www.gov.me/ResourceManager/FileDownload.aspx?rId=312642&rType=2.3. This project is associated with Project ID#67265: an RMB 20 million Chinese Government grant — through an ETCA — in 2017 for the Đurđevića Tara Bridge Reconstruction Project; and Project ID#85201: an RMB 55 million Chinese Government grant. Sources: Montenegro and China sign new economic and technical cooperation agreement
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