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Chinese Government provides grant for African Union Integrated Service Center Project (Linked to Record ID#52335 and Record ID#49542)

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	African Union Commission
Country	Africa, regional
Start Date	Jan 01, 2014
End Date	Oct 12, 2030
Duration	6,128 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`86376`

Grant Description

In May 2014, the Chinese Government and the African Union Commission signed an exchange of letters, which committed grant funding for the African Union Integrated Service Center Project.

The purpose of the project was the construction of a multi-story building at the African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa. The building consists of 3 floors and a mezzanine with total area of 16170.74 square meters.

The building includes a staff cafeteria, accreditation center, archive center, delegate/staff dining areas, African Union Commission (AUC) stores, exhibition hall, printing center, main storage room, equipment rooms, underground tunnel, underground courtyard, landscape water pool, entrance squares, and parking area.

Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group [安徽省外经建设（集团）有限] was the contractor responsible for implementation. Construction began on September 8, 2016 and a formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 28, 2016.

The main building structure was successfully completed on April 19, 2017 and a ‘main structure topping out’ ceremony took place on April 25, 2017. Construction ended around the end of 2018 (100 days ahead of schedule). A formal project handover ceremony took place on January 4, 2019.

📋 Staff Comments

1: The Chinese project title is 建的非洲联盟总部综合服务中心项目. 2: The monetary value of the grant that supported the African Union Integrated Service Center Project is unknown. However, it is known that the Chinese Government pledged to provide RMB 600 million of additional funding for upgrades and maintenance of the AU headquarters in 2012 (see http://rs.chineseembassy.org/chn/xwdt/t899580.htm and http://roll.sohu.com/20120130/n333134871.shtml and http://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2013/0524/c83083-21597500.html and Project ID#30226). Part of the RMB 600 million pledge was apparently fulfilled through the provision of an RMB 237 million grant for the African Union Conference Center and Office Complex Upgrading Project (captured in Project ID#52335). It is unclear if the remainder of the pledge (RMB 363 million) was allocated to this project. This issue requires further investigation.

📚 Sources & References

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贾庆林会见非盟轮值主席、赤道几内亚总统奥比昂和非盟委员会主席让·平
Ground Breaking Ceremony for the AU Integrated Service Centre
AU Integrated Services Center to be constructed in Ethiopian capital
Feature: A glimpse of fruitful China-Africa cooperation during AU summit, 31427-img_0139, 31427-img_0077
Official visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Wang Yi to the African Union Commission ,Handover Ceremony of the Integrated Service Center
AU's Chinese-built Integrated Service Center close to completion
非盟委员会副主席称赞中国援非项目, 11月19日上午
陈宁参赞对我援非盟总部项目例行安全检查
来源：驻非盟使团合作交流处类型：原创分类：新闻 2018-08-20 14:47 陈宁参赞、林治勇参赞会见非盟主席办瑞克大使、范塔洪大使
陈宁参赞与非盟方联合考察我援非盟总部综合服务中心和中非友谊花园项目现场
非盟委员会副主席称赞中国援非项目
来源：驻非盟使团合作交流处类型：原创分类：新闻 2019-01-08 16:41 中国援非盟综合服务中心项目交接仪式隆重举行
中国政府援建非盟总部综合服务中心主体结构封顶
中国援建非盟总部综合服务中心正式开工
AU
China vow to boost partnership
中华人民共和国驻非盟使团合作交流处
Statements The Topping out Ceremony of the Service Integrated Center Project 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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