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China sponsors training program for 35 Train Conductors to work on the Chinese-financed Ethiopia-Djibouti railway.

Funder	China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)\|China Railway Group Limited (CREC)
Recipient Organization	Ethiopia Ministry of Transportation
Country	Ethiopia
Start Date	Oct 01, 2019
End Date	Apr 19, 2030
Duration	3,853 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`70443`

Grant Description

In October 2019, 35 Ethiopian train conductors were sent to Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College in China for a six-month training program. These conductors previously received one year of training within Ethiopia from Chinese professionals.

This goal of the training program is to help local Ethiopian staff to completely take over operations of the Ethiopia-Djibouti rail line.

The training lasted for a total of two and a half years, with one section of training hosted in Ethiopia and another in China, with the training including theoretical, practical, and physical components.

This training initiative appears to be a part of the 2016 China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Operation and Management Agreement.

The agreement specified that the CREC-CCECC consortium (also known as the CCECC-CREC JV and 中土集团与中铁二局亚吉铁路联营体公司) would provide two years of technical support during the gradual handover of management duties to EDR in 2024.

📋 Staff Comments

1. AidData assumes that the trainings are funded by CREC and CCECC due to the 2016 agreement outlined in source 162183.

📚 Sources & References

Ethiopian train conductors set for training program in China
Ethiopian train drivers trained by Chinese to boost capacity-building efforts
Chinese companies training local drivers preparing for the transfer of Ethiopia-Djibouti railway
亚吉铁路运营和维护项目公司 CCECC - CREC JV Project Office - 0 - 亚吉铁路技术文件报送 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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Ethiopia Ministry of Transportation

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