China Trust Fund provides a $300,000 USD grant for the Support towards Ratification and Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Project

$300K USD

Funder	China Ministry of Ecology and Environment
Recipient Organization	UNEP China Trust Fund
Country	Multi-Region
Start Date	Dec 14, 2012
End Date	Jun 14, 2029
Duration	6,026 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`86859`

Grant Description

On 14 December 2012, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (China MEP) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) signed a framework agreement on strategic cooperation.

This agreement involved China MEP committing $2 million annually to the China Trust Fund which focuses on environmental protection in African, ASEAN, and Central Asian countries.

According to a 2017 Final Report from UNEP, $400,000 USD from the China Trust Fund was allocated to the Support towards Ratification and Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Project (T1-P2) (p. 71). This project took place in unspecified African and Asian Pacific countries (p. 57). It was completed in March 2016.

📚 Sources & References

China Trust Fund
Final Report: Evaluation of the management arrangements and processes of the China Trust Fund 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.