Chinese Government provides grant for Foreign Service Academy Construction Project

📋 Staff Comments

1. This project is also known as the China-aided Sierra Leone Diplomatic Training Academy Project. The Chinese project title is 塞拉利昂外交培训学院项目.
2. The February 1, 2019 ETCA can be accessed in its entirety via https://www.dropbox.com/s/881kuf5ac3nxj3s/AGREEMENT%20ON%20THE%20ECONOMIC%20AND%20TECHNICAL%20COOPERATION%20BETWEEN%20THE%20GOVERNMENT%20OF%20THE%20REPUBLIC%20OF%20SIERRA%20LEONE%20AND%20THE%20GOVERNMENT%20OF%20THE%20PEOPLE%27S%20REPUBLIC%20OF%20CHINA%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0.
3. For the time being, AidData assumes that the Government of Sierra Leone fully utilized the RMB 250 grant that was issued on February 1, 2019 for the purpose of the Foreign Service Academy Construction Project. However, this issue issue warrants further investigation.

📚 Sources & References

• China-supported academy begins construction in Sierra Leone
• MPs ratified Sierra Leone Foreign Service Academy
• Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Turns Sod for the Construction of a Foreign Service Academy
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• 胡张良大使陪同塞拉利昂总统比奥出席中国援塞项目动工仪式
• 塞拉利昂总统出席中国援塞外交培训学院项目开工典礼
• President Bio turns sod construction of Diplomatic Academy
• China Aid builds Foreign Service Academy in Sierra Leone
• Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Commissions First Foreign Service Academy
• Says the Building Is Another Testament to Mutual Cooperation with China
• China-aided academy handed over to Sierra Leone
• Ambassador Wang Qing attended the handover ceremony of China-aided Sierra LeoneForeign Service Academy
• President Bio opens new foreign service academy building – misplaced priority for a nation in crisis
• China-aided Sierra Leone Diplomatic Training Academy project handed over to Sierra Leone
• Presidential Address On the Occasion of the State Opening of the Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone
• President of Sierra Leone Attends the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the China-aided Foreign Service Academy
• China-Sierra Leone 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations
• Professor Francis Commends Chinese Government
• Does Sierra Leone need a foreign service academy costing millions of dollars?
• 援塞拉利昂外交培训学院主楼封顶
• 中国驻塞拉利昂大使莅临塞拉利昂外交培训学院施工现场指导工作
• 抢抓施工进度，严控工程质量
• 塞拉利昂外交培训学院项目联合党支部 组织全体党员深入学习贯彻 党的十九届六中全会精神
• 塞拉利昂总统比奥参加中国援塞拉利昂外交培训学院项目开工典礼
• African business
• 中国援建塞拉利昂外交培训学院项目移交塞方
• China Aid builds Foreign Service Academy in Sierra Leone: President Bio cuts the ribbon
• Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Turns Sod for the Construction of a Foreign Service Academy
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• P A R L I A M E N T A R Y D E B A T E S, 2019 ECTA
• 驻塞拉利昂大使胡张良陪同塞总统比奥出席援塞项目动工仪式
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